Million pounds worth of orders for steel degassing in India 30 September 2010

Edwards has won orders worth £1 million for its latest generation steel degassing equipment at plants including Laxcon Steel and Bhawani Steel in India.

The equipment will run their VD and vacuum oxygen decarburising (VOD) processes to produce degassed alloy steels and stainless steel, used in the automotive, electrical and power industries.

Vikrant Sanglikar, Edwards' country head for southern Asia, says the company's dry pumping technology is replacing traditional steam ejector systems in vacuum degassing (VD) processes, enabling users to produce higher quality products with significantly reduced operating and energy costs.

He explains that dry vacuum steel degassing units offer a greener solution than energy-hungry multi-stage steam ejector systems, backed with liquid ring pumps.

"These orders follow the successful installation of a system at Shyam Forging last year, and highlight the growing demand for producing degassed steel in a more cost effective and environmentally friendly way," says Sanglikar.

"Users can earn valuable carbon credits by using this green dry vacuum technology, while producing higher quality steels and in larger quantities to better serve their customers."

Edwards solution consists of HV30000, HV8000 and IDX1300 pumps arranged in three stages, pre-mounted, piped and wired on a two-part skid. Each skid is capable of vacuum degassing 23 tons of steel, and several skids can be mounted in parallel and integrated with the steel degassing tank to suit the required ladle size.

Brian Tinham

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