VISAKHAPATNAM: The Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL), the corporate entity of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant(VSP), has crossed yet another milestone on Monday with the completion of modernisation works of its Convertor-B, 18 days in advance of the original schedule.
With this, the total modernization of the SMS-1 shop consisting of three convertors has been completed successfully at a cost of around ` 400 crore.The SMS-1 has been modernized after successful operation of around 25 years.
The salient features of modernization include Baumco Scrubbers for primary waste gas cleaning, improved features of gas cooling systems, hydraulic skirt lift mechanisms and high levels of modernization apart from dog house and secondary emission control systems for complying with the latest environmental norms.
Another major feature of this revamping has been elaborate strengthening of shop structures. With the completion of modernization, the shop capacity has been enhanced to 3.5 mtpa from the original 3.0 mtpa capacity.
P Madhusudan, the RINL CMD, commenced the commissioning process of Convertor-B. Directors (projects) PC Mohapatra, (operations) DN Rao and (commercial) P Raychaudhury, EDs, GM (Steel) I/c, GM(SMS)-1 and senior officials were present on the occasion.