STEEL + TECHNOLOGY 01/2020 EXTRACT

14 | NEWS ROUND-UP
USA
Moog to acquire GAT
Moog Inc. has completed the acquisition
of Gesellschaft für Antriebstechnik mbH
and GAT Inc.
Moog Inc. is a worldwide designer, manufacturer,
and integrator of precision
control components and systems.
Moog’s high-performance systems control
military and commercial aircraft, satellites
and space vehicles, launch vehicles,
missiles, automated industrial
machinery, marine and medical equipment.
Headquartered in Geisenheim, Germany,
GAT is a world leader in the design and
manufacture of high-end fluid rotating
unions and slip rings. The company’s products
are used in a variety of applications
including specialty industrial machinery,
machine tools, steel mills, medical products,
wind turbines, and semiconductor
fabrication.
According to Moog, the GAT product
offering, engineering expertise and
manufacturing capability complements
Moog’s core slip ring business,
expands its offering into fluid rotary
products and allows Moog supply fully
integrated slip ring/rotary union solutions
• Moog
North American Stainless grants FAC for new torque retainer installed at AOD converter
SMS group has received the FAC for the
installation of a torque retainer at North
American Stainless’ (NAS) 160 t AOD
converter No. 1.
The installation of the torque retainer
reduces the torque that had previously
been causing uncontrolled vibrations
and damage to the bull gear, bearings
and foundations of the converter drive
during AOD converter operation. The
target values were achieved under production
conditions shortly after commissioning.
SMS group supplied the torque retainer
as a compact electrohydraulic unit. The
electrical and automation systems were
adapted specifically to the customer’s
needs. The scope of supply also included
the engineering, supervision of installation
work, and technical assistance during
commissioning.
As a result of the new torque retainer,
availability and operational reliability of
the AOD converter have been significantly
improved, gear unit maintenance will
be much lower in the future and North
American Stainless is now able to utilize
larger tuyeres to increase the blowing
rate.
• SMS group
NioCorp to establish superalloys materials facility
NioCorp is developing a superalloy materials
project in Southeast Nebraska that will
produce niobium, scandium, and titanium.
The proposed Elk Creek Superalloy
Materials Project is located entirely on
private lands. NioCorp Developments
has secured legal agreements with landowners
on land planned for use as part
of the project. In the event that sufficient
project financing is obtained, the
company intends to negotiate extension
agreements on other land parcels as
required by the construction schedule of
its proposed project.
• NioCorp Developments
North Star BlueScope Steel to build single-strand continuous caster
North Star BlueScope Steel, located in
Delta, Ohio, has selected SMS group as
the supplier for its new single-strand
thin-slab continuous caster.
The new casting machine will have a thickness
range of 95 to 110 mm and a width
range of 900 to 1,595 m. It will allow North
Star BlueScope Steel to increase thin-slab
production from 2.2 million to over 3.3 million
t/year. SMS group’s scope of supply
will comprise the complete cast floor
equipment, including the ladle turret, the
mould and the vertical-bending containment
zone, and a pendulum shear to cut
the strand into slabs. To digitalize the casting
process, SMS group is going to supply
a range of innovative technology packages.
The new casting machine will be equipped
with X-Pact ® Width Control, X-Pact ® Solid
Control that includes width-dependent airmist
secondary cooling and solidification
control, Level 2 X-Pact ® Cast Optimizer and
the HD moldTC mold monitoring system.
SMS digital will supply the SMS Data Factory
digitalization package. The anticipated
start-up of the new caster is set for 2021.
• SMS group
Nucor Steel Arkansas to build new coil paint line
Nucor Corporation’s board of directors has
approved an expansion project which will
add a coil paint line at the company’s sheet
mill in Mississippi County, Arkansas.
Nucor Steel Arkansas opened in 1992 and
produces approximately 2,600,000 t of
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