Steel Billets

These steel billets are easily hot worked and find large application in rolling mills.

The refined metal in molten form is solidified into billets. These billets are used for mechanical working such as re- rolling into various sections such as bars, rods, angles, channels, beams etc. Electric furnace steel making is one of the established steel making processes wherein electric energy is converted into thermal energy for heating and melting the metal. The basis of induction furnace is to surround the metal in a crucible by a coil through which an alternating electric current passes.



The current induced in the metal causes heating and melting and also creates a useful stirring reaction In the manufacture of steel billets, the charge mixes viz. sponge iron, pig iron, steel scrap and Ferro Alloys are charged in the induction furnace. All the raw materials are melted in the furnace with the help of electricity. For obtaining the molten mix of metal, the temperature is raised to 1675 / 1680 degree centigrade. The molten steel is tapped into the ladle and then fed to the con cast (i. e. continuous casting machine) . The steel billets after cooling is stored in the dispatch yard.