China Steel Corporation, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC

Hot-Rolling

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The building in the background is partly made using CORTEN, the self-colouring steel (China Steel Corporation).
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The building in the background is partly made using CORTEN, the self-colouring steel (China Steel Corporation).
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Inside China Steel.
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Steel coils.
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Slab reheating furnace in hot-rolling mill.
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The hot rolling mill.
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Artistic photograph to imply the motion of steel through the mill :-)
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The roughing mill.
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The section between the roughing and finer rolling mills, Notice the insulating curtain that can be lowered to maintain temperature.
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The section between the roughing and finer rolling mills, Notice the insulating curtain that can be lowered to maintain temperature.
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The various rolling stages.
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Coiling.
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The laminar flow cooling system.
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The laminar flow cooling system.
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The laminar flow cooling system. A view from the top.
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Thermomechanical Controlled Processing

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In the TMCP section. TMCP stands for thermomechanical controlled processing, used to produce another set of superb steel products.
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In the TMCP section. TMCP stands for thermomechanical controlled processing, used to produce another set of superb steel products.
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In the TMCP section. TMCP stands for thermomechanical controlled processing, used to produce another set of superb steel products.
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The TMCP nerve centre.
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Reflections.
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Above the cooling system.
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Above the cooling system.
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Thick plates produced using this equipment.
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