Yukun I&S chooses Danieli QSP DUE technology for HRC quality and production flexibility

Convinced by the excellent performances of Danieli QSP DUE technology in operation at SGJT, Chinese private entrepreneur Yunnan Yuxi Yukun Iron & Steel Group contracted Danieli for its new quality-strip plant, which will be the new most productive thin-slab casting rolling plant in the world.

Danieli-patented Dysencaster will produce 110/120-mm-thick slabs after soft reduction, and feed the 3+5 stands hot-strip mill, where thermomechanical rolling will be performed.

The caster will consist of two casting strands and will operate in endless and semi-endless modes on strand #1, or coil-to-coil mode operating on strands #1 and #2, reaching the maximum production capacity.

A swivel furnace will connect casting strand #2 with the mill. Original Danieli Q-Heat induction heaters will be installed between roughing and finishing mills.

Controlled by Danieli Automation advanced process control, featuring Q3 intelligence, the plant will produce quality hot-rolled strip in thicknesses from 0.8 to 25.4 mm in any steel grade, except automotive exposed.

Danieli Universal Rolling is a sustainable, green technology that allows low energy consumption and emissions: a step toward net-zero emissions steelmaking.

The plant will be installed in, Yuxi city, Yunan province, China and the startup is scheduled for the second half of 2023.