Adding 1.1 million t per year. A new SMS Concast combi-caster for BMM Ispat

BMM Ispat from Hospet, Karnataka Province, India, has ordered a combined-caster from SMS Concast, Switzerland. The caster ensures improved machine availability and increases productivity for BMM Ispat. With the new caster, BMM Ispat will produce 1.1 million t of billets and rounds per year.

In the first phase of BMM Ispat’s expansion plan, SMS Concast supplies a high-speed 1 x 5- (optional six- strand) combi-caster, which produces different sections in both square and round formats. This machine is fully equipped to cast challenging steel grades like spring steel, free-cutting steel, bearing steel, pipe grades, microalloyed and structural steels. High product quality is ensured by using copper mold tubes with CONVEX technology^® by SMS Concast. The new caster will give BMM Ispat a competitive edge in achieving a lower conversion cost.

The expansion project includes the plan to increase annual steel manufacturing capacity to about 2 million t in two phases. With the capacity expansion, BMM Ispat will become the second largest steel producer in the state of Karnataka, India.

Commissioning of the combi-caster is scheduled for November 2013.

From left: M. Sangamnerkar, Senior Deputy General Director, M. Senapati, Director, both BMM Ispat Ltd., and H. K. Hebsur, Manager Sales and Marketing, SMS Concast India.

Based on SMS Group information