DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

SRM UNIVERSITY CHENNAI

SEMINAR ON HOT ROLLING PROCESS

Presented By

Mr. AVINASH JURIANI

B.tech-Mechanical

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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

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

REHEATING FURNACE

TWO ZONES

• Heating Zone & Soaking Zone

NOZZLES

• Total 28 Nozzles of which 14 Heating & 14 Soaking are present

ROLLING , QUENCHING & WIRE MAKING

CONTINUOUS CASTING PROCESS

&

INSIDE VIEW OF PLANT

Continuous Casting Inside View

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