The line is designed to produce 500,000 t/a of pickled and galvanised hot rolled steel strip. With a maximum capacity of 180 t/h and a large strip cross section (up to 6.35 mm thickness and up to 1,854 mm width) the line sets a new standard in hot strip galvanising. During the commissioning phase, already 70 % of the designed capacity could be reached. Due to this promising production result, Nucor is capable of exceeding the designed capacity in 2021.
The “heat-to-coat” technology for hot strip galvanising is characterised by the compact and operator-friendly U-shape design, the turbulence pickling system, the high-power inductive heating system, the FOEN® galvanising equipment and the Drever after-pot cooling system. There is a broad area of applications for the coated hot strip, especially in construction, transportation and in the automotive industry with the option to substitute galvanised cold strip with hot strip.
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