Hannecard Contributes To Succesful Startup Of Arcelormittal's Vacuum Plasma Steel Coating Line

Last month, world steel leader ArcelorMittal inaugurated Arceo, its industrial prototype for a vacuum plasma steel coating line. This breakthrough technology, developed as a world's first, will open up a host of new uses for flat steel products.

With this process, steel can be a sensor, a reflector, a source of light, an anti-bacterial or self-cleaing surface, or just simply more aesthetic or endowned with better anti-corrosive properties. The vacuum plasma coating process is also more environmental friendly than the traditional ones. It does not use solvents or chemical preparations; neither does it generate effluents or gasses that require treatment.

Hannecard’s challenge was to develop and provide a high performing, high resilient elastomer covering for the covering of the sealing rolls. The master architecture in the new technology is indeed the creation & hold on of the vacuum. More than about 25% of the total line length of 600 metres vacuum is held. This through multiple sets of elastomer covered rolls through which the steel plate is running. The steel plate can vary in thickness within 0.2 & 1.2 mm and also in width. The roll covering needs to perfectly follow over the complete roll table length of the steel plate. Furthermore, the contact temperature can attain 140 °C. A true challenge in which Hannecard, as a leading roll covering company for the industry, succeeded.

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