Rourkela, March 18: Rourkela Steel Plant will soon roll out high strength steel of strategic importance using Russian technology.
An interaction session pertaining to heat making, rolling, heat treatment and testing of the high strength steel was held in the Centre of Excellence (COE) Conference Hall of R & C Lab on March 11.
The meeting was chaired by GM Incharge (Steel) PK Amatya while senior officers from SMS-II, Plate Mill, SPP, R&C Lab and also steel making experts from sister units of SAIL — BSL, ASP and RDCIS — took part in the interaction.
GM quality & PPC C Muthuswamy and DGM S Ghosal coordinated the proceedings.
Technology of manufacturing of this very high strength steel is being transferred from Russia to India.
Accordingly steel making experts from Prism Promety, St. Petersberg, Russia and senior level Scientists from Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory (DMRL), Hyderabad and CCNM, Hyderabad were present in the technical interaction.
The process of manufacturing of these steel consists of trial production, mastering production and certification of the process and product.
The team also witnessed Heat Making of this high strength steel at SMS-II through RH degasser on March 12.
The chemistry obtained during heat making was extremely satisfactory and within the range specified in the technical documentation supplied by the Russian Experts.
ED In-charge MK Das, congratulated the Team SMS-II and all other associated agencies for the stellar achievement.
