This marks the transition from commissioning to production and an important step toward project completion and performance testing.
The line strengthens BlueScope Steel's domestic manufacturing capabilities, helping the company meet growing market demand for high-quality coated steel products. It is designed to produce galvanized steel strip for a wide range of building, construction, manufacturing, and industrial applications.
ANDRITZ supplied the process equipment, automation systems, and electrical equipment and provided engineering, commissioning, and start-up services. Key ANDRITZ technologies include a skin-pass mill, a tension leveler, coaters, a direct-fired furnace, and electric radiant tube heating technology (Green CGL). Together with the advanced automation systems, these technologies enable high product quality and operational flexibility as well as energy-efficient and reliable production.
The new continuous galvanizing line is designed to process steel strip with widths of up to 1,325 mm and thicknesses ranging from 0.30 to 1.00 mm at process speeds of up to 160 m/min. It has a nominal annual production capacity of 240,000 metric tons.
BlueScope Steel Limited, headquartered in Australia, is a leading international steel products company with operations across Australia, New Zealand, North America, and Asia.
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BlueScope Steel Limited and ANDRITZ project teams celebrating the successful production of the first galvanized coil at the new continuous galvanizing line in Sydney, Australia.
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