HOT ROLLING PROCESSATBHILAI STEEL PLANT CHHATTISGARH

1. DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
SRM UNIVERSITY CHENNAI
SEMINAR ON HOT ROLLING PROCESS
Presented By
Mr. AVINASH JURIANI
B.tech-Mechanical
1020940032

2. HOT ROLLING PROCESS
AT
BHILAI STEEL PLANT
CHHATTISGARH
 SETUP
• India’s largest Integrated Steel Plant Set up with the
help of the USSR in 1955
• Main consideration for setting up
was availability of iron ore at 90 Km,
limestone at 22 km & dolomite at 41 km
• Spread over 36 sq. km~9103 acres
 COMMISSIONING
• Commissioned with the inauguration of the
first blast furnace by the first President of India
Dr. Rajendra Prasad in the presence of India’s
first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on
4 February 1959

4. REHEATING & ROLLING PROCESS
AT
WIRE ROD MILL
 COMMISIONING OF WRM MILL
• 1/9/1967 USSR
 PROCEDURE
• Billet pushed into the furnace by Ram Pusher Type Mechanism
• Heated for About 8 - 10 minutes for about 1231-1275 deg.C
• Further Processed In Rollers

5. REHEATING FURNACE
 TWO ZONES
• Heating Zone & Soaking Zone
 NOZZLES
• Total 28 Nozzles of which 14 Heating & 14 Soaking are present

6. ROLLING , QUENCHING & WIRE MAKING

7. CONTINUOUS CASTING PROCESS
&
INSIDE VIEW OF PLANT
Continuous Casting Inside View

8. POINTS TO BE NOTED
 Steel Formula
• Fe + C + Cr + Mn (1.5-2% C)
 Safety Precautions Before Entering The Plant
• Always wear a Safety Helmet
• Don’t carry Cell phones , Risk of Blasting due to gases
present such as Acetylene , Propane , Methane , etc.
• No Cameras
LAST BUT NOT THE LEAST
When I hear , I forget
When I see , I remember
When I do , I understand
THANK YOU