On October 20, the casting and forging company carried out the trial production of 30 tons of VOD vacuum refining furnace and successfully trial production of Cr13 stainless steel, marking that the casting and forging company has initially possessed the production conditions of ultra-low-carbon stainless steel, laying a good foundation for further developing the high-end special steel market.
In recent years, around the high-end special steel market, casting and forging companies have continuously reserved technical capabilities, improved the level of equipment intelligence, and optimized the production process. Since 2020, it has mastered the production technology of high-end special steel such as mold steel, wear-resistant steel and high-strength steel; intelligent production methods such as casting and forging brain, intelligent steel pouring truck, slag picker and 5G crane for special steel production line. VOD vacuum refining technology is another important measure for casting and forging companies to enhance the production capacity of high-end special steel, mainly used in the production of ultra-low carbon stainless steel, and is a key research and development project of casting and forging companies in 2021. With the full support of the company, the project team through technical exchanges and cooperation, going out to study, equipment debugging and rectification and tooling design and production, and constantly refine the VOD trial production plan, after many practical training and emergency plan drills, through multi-department coordination and cooperation, successfully completed the VOD first furnace trial production.
The casting and forging company will continue to carry out VOD vacuum refining trial production, further explore the ultra-low carbon stainless steel production process, and rationalize the production process. Lay a good foundation for the mass production of ultra-low carbon stainless steel.