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Primetals Technologies modifies continuous caster at Gerdau Cartersville

London-based Primetals Technologies has received an order to modify the continuous caster at Gerdau’s location in Cartersville, Ga. The modification will give the long product maker the ability to produce an additional beam blank format, which will allow the company to roll larger finished products for applications in the building and construction industries. Commissioning is scheduled for the end of 2017.

The four-strand continuous caster was installed by Primetals Technologies in 1998/99. The modification will include basic and detailed engineering, as well as the production and supply of new molds, segments, dummy bar systems, and the withdrawal unit. A new, secondary cooling system will be installed that is adapted to the requirements of the additional beam blank format.