Following the successful completion of the CCM23 project at Tata Steel and the CCM4 project at VOEST, PMS was commissioned by Primetals to carry out the erection work for the SGA4 continuous caster project in Bruckhausen for Thyssenkrupp.

Franz Grünwald, Managing Director, is delighted about being part of this project: "We are very pleased that our proven expertise was a decisive factor in the award of the contract."

The centrepiece of Thyssenkrupp Steel's quality campaign is to split the casting-rolling line in the Bruckhausen plant into a new continuous caster and a new hot strip mill. The existing 20-year-old unit consists of an integrated casting and rolling section. Now, in order to meet future customer requirements, its qualitative capabilities are no longer sufficient. To this end, energy-efficient solutions in the new pre-straining area, a modernised finishing line with subsequent strip cooling, and new automation and process models are planned. New buildings and conversions are carried out in a way that any interruption in production due to the replacement of the aggregates is kept to a minimum. Many key components are prefabricated and then assembled.

Thyssenkrupp Steel is one of the world's leading producers of carbon steel flat products. The company stands for innovation in steel and high-quality products for the most modern and demanding applications. Thyssenkrupp Steel employs around 27,000 people and with an annual production of around 11 million tonnes of crude steel, it is the largest flat steel producer in Germany.

Primetals Technologies is a pioneering global leader in engineering, plant construction and providing life cycle services to the metals industry. The company's entire technology, product and service portfolio includes holistic solutions for electrics, automation, digitalisation and environmental technology. It covers all steps of the value chain in iron and steel production as well as state-of-the-art rolling mill solutions for non-ferrous metals.

PMS's scope of services includes installation work, which contains cable support construction, cable pulling and connection works, as well as the installation and assembly of switchgears, measuring systems and instrumentation. A total of 50.000 assembly hours will be required to install 290.000 metres of cable, 6.000 cable connections, 8.000 cable routes and 4.000 cable conduits.

„Our biggest challenge will be to keep the disruption to production as low as possible during the conversion. This requires careful preparation and intensive coordination with the other trades during the shutdown period. We want to use the same project team that has proven itself on similar projects and we want to use as much know-how from previous projects as possible”, as project manager Markus Leopold explains.