Fives has signed a major contract with Yongfeng Group for three annealing furnaces of new strip processing lines.
Yongfeng Group is building a new facility in Linyi, Shandong province of China to produce a wide variety of high-grade steel products, including exposed and non-exposed automotive sheets and advanced high-strength steels.
Fives was awarded with design and supply of three annealing furnaces - Stein Digiflex for each of two continuous galvanising lines and one continuous annealing line.
“We are very proud to enter into a long-term cooperation with Yongfeng Group. Our advanced process technologies will meet the stringent annealing and operating conditions required for these products, which is critical to achieving the necessary metallurgical targets and galvanised surface quality,” said Stéphane Mehrain, Vice President of Marketing & Sales – Steel Global Sales at Fives.
“This will enable the customer to expand their product portfolio to new high-end steel markets, including appliance and automotive industries.”
The new vertical annealing furnaces will be equipped with the latest generation of the AdvanTek combustion system, characterised by energy efficiency, fuel flexibility, and low emissions, as well as a FlashCooling rapid cooling system.
The FlashCooling system is a unique cooling technology capable of using high hydrogen gas, offering operational flexibility in cooling rate control, temperature cycle control, and uniformity of cooling.