Chinese steel producer Shandong Iron and Steel Group Rizhao Co Ltd has placed an order with Primetals Technologies (www.primetals.com) for the relocation of its 4.3m plate mill line from Jinan to Rizhao.

Once relocated, the plate mill will also receive an upgrade, which is scheduled to be finished in 2018.

The original 4.3m plate mill was installed by Primetals Technologies in 2010. Within the scope of the relocation project, more than 50,000 tonnes of mechanical and electrical equipment, and more than 1,000 tonnes of piping have to be dismantled and reinstalled at Rizhao.

This relocation project is a strategic decision by Shandong Iron and Steel Group to adjust its structure and upgrade its facilities, which the company says will strongly improve its overall competitiveness.

Primetals Technologies will be responsible for the engineering of the relocation, the supply of new equipment, installation supervision and commissioning.

The upgrade package contains technologies such as the Morgoil compensation model with full automatic parameter acquisition, which can easily be integrated into existing software.