The 2,300mm slab caster package includes the world’s largest (520t) ladle turret, mould online width adjustment, mould hydraulic oscillation, dynamic secondary cooling model, dynamic soft reduction model, automatic start of casting and other IPR-based technologies and equipment.

The Zhanjiang 2,300mm slab caster is designed for the mass production of ultra-high-strength machinery steel and high-grade pipeline steel. It has stably produced 2.80 million tonnes of qualified slabs a year.

It has achieved all set targets for efficiency, quality and low operational cost.

The pass rate runs as high as 99%, excelling at both internal and surface slab quality.

The problem of corner cracking has been eradicated at all production grades. The central segregation level for all the grades is over C2.0/M25, without any occurrence of segregation B or A.