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Best Practice Bhilai Steel Plant
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Best practice Precise weighing of molten metal 3j ■■■■ ■ ■ tfr ■ ¥* —i V* V';J -■ , _ t Minebea Intec India prevailed against competitors to design and build a high-capacity mobile weighing system for Indian leading steel producer BSP Key facts In the Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP), thousands of tonnes of molten metal are weighed every day, before being transferred from the blast furnace to different process areas on open ladle cars. When BSP decided to increase production, it looked for an additional fast and reliable weighing solution to keep production flow efficient. Application Minebea Intec built two weighing platforms for the torpedo ladle cars, with 24 load cells and a weighing capacity of up to 400 tonnes for each platform. Products ■ Precision compression load cell PR 6201/15N ■ Mounting kits, designed for load cell PR 6201 Customer benefits Load cells ■ Overload capacity up to 200 % ■ Operation environment of up to 95 °C ■ IP69 rating for the harshest environmental conditions Mounting kits ■ EN 1090 compliant for maximum structural integrity ■ 100 % maintenance-free Customer The Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) is one of India's largest producer of steel rails and plates and the largest producer of construction steel. Located in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, the plant has a steel production capacity of more than three million tonnes per year. TTpT sail

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Project goal and implementation old track undamaged during the excavation and building Traditionally, BSP has used open ladle cars to transfer molten iron from the iron-making sec- works for the new one. That proved challenging, especially tion of the plant to the steel- making section. because the two tracks were very close together. Additionally, Minebea Intec India was allowed a strict shut Under normal conditions, the residence time of the molten down time in which to iron in the ladle is complete works. short and the distance “The installation and commissioning of the traveled is...

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