Masteel Special Steel Company, based in Maanshan City, China, has placed an order with EBNER to expand an existing HICON /H2 ® bell annealer facility.

Accepting charges with maximum diameters of 4050 mm and maximum heights of 4600 mm, up to 35 tons of steel wire can be charged.

The customer has the capability of annealing scaled wire rod in straight nitrogen atmosphere, or drawn wire in 100 % hydrogen atmosphere.

The scope of supply includes two gas-fired heating bells, three workbases, one air cooling bell and the associated electrical systems. The new facility components will be tied into the existing shared facilities.

Turn-key installation is included in the package, and the facility is scheduled to start production at the end of April, 2020.