Nucor to Expand Tuscaloosa Melt Shop
Second ladle furnace ordered from SMS
Second ladle furnace ordered from SMS
Nucor Steel – Tuscaloosa has ordered a 150-ton ladle metallurgy furnace from SMS Demag, Pittsburgh. It will be the second ladle furnace for the Alabama mini-mill, which now produces about 1.1 million tons/year of plate products.
Nucor Steel acquired the Tuscaloosa mill from Corus Group Plc in 2004, and implemented a $250-million expansion program that added about 300,000 tons/year of capacity. That included a new DC electric arc furnace, a new ladle furnace, a new slab caster, and an update of the 102-in. Steckel mill.
According to SMS, the new LMF will have a single treatment position, and the project also includes an upgrade to the Level 1, 1.5, and 2 automation systems for the existing ladle furnace. SMS also installed the melt shop equipment in the last upgrade at Tuscaloosa.
Nucor Steel acquired the Tuscaloosa mill from Corus Group Plc in 2004, and implemented a $250-million expansion program that added about 300,000 tons/year of capacity. That included a new DC electric arc furnace, a new ladle furnace, a new slab caster, and an update of the 102-in. Steckel mill.
According to SMS, the new LMF will have a single treatment position, and the project also includes an upgrade to the Level 1, 1.5, and 2 automation systems for the existing ladle furnace. SMS also installed the melt shop equipment in the last upgrade at Tuscaloosa.
