Genova, 29 April 2008. On 14 April 2008, SUMITOMO Metal Industries, Ltd and Paul Wurth Italia S.p.A. officially signed a contract for the delivery of the new coke oven plant N°1E in Kashima Works, Ibaraki, Japan. This will be the first coke oven battery ever supplied by Paul Wurth in Japan.
The new battery will be realized in line with the existing ones and will be operated by the same machines. Therefore the same geometrical dimensions will be adopted.
However, the design of the combustion system and of the overall features of the battery will be completely new to fully attain the performance values in a long-lasting operating campaign.
Engineering, supervision and key equipment supply are included in the scope of Paul Wurth Italia S.p.A.
First coke is expected to be pushed in April 2011, the expected production is 494.000 t / y.
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