New furnace equipment and air knife system for higher capacity and enhanced material range

SSAB contracts SMS group to modernize hot-dip galvanizing line No. 3 in Finland SSAB has awarded SMS group www.sms-group.com a contract covering the modernization of its continuous hot-dip galvanizing line No. 3 in Hämeenlinna, Finland. The upgrade essentially involves the integration of an inductive booster into the furnace and of a new air knife system with strip stabilization. The measures will be implemented within a short period of time at the end of 2017.