Voestalpine operates new pickling line from Andritz
Andritz has completed the supply of a continuous pickling line, acid regeneration plant, acid purification plant, and silicon removal systems to voestalpine’s site in Linz, Austria.
These plants have been integrated into voestalpine’s cold rolling mill #3 in Linz, Kallanish learns from Andritz. The plant supplier’s equipment enables voestalpine to perform pickling and cold rolling in a combined plant. Andritz supplied what it says is the world’s most modern acid regeneration plant, complying with the highest environmental standards and enabling flexible production of high-purity iron oxide.
The continuous pickling line is designed to process advanced steel grades and special materials for e-mobility. It has a capacity of about 1.8 million tonnes/year and operates with hydrochloric acid, which is recycled in the acid regeneration plant. Andritz underlines a recovery rate of almost 100%, thus making a substantial contribution to environmental protection.
“The new installation enables us to increase the production quality of high strength and ultra-high strength steel strip,” says Walter Schickmaier, business unit manager at voestalpine. The products will target the automotive, household appliance and construction industries, as well as electrical steel for e-mobility.
Christian Koehl Germany
