X-Pact^® Plate Cooling Control

Challenges

• Achieving plates with uniform properties for a large product-mix with a wide range of cooling rates

Solution

• In-bar temperature control over the entire plate length
• Extendable data base for new grades

Technical advantages

• Very high accuracy for repeatable material properties
• Cooling strategies for a wide range of hot rolled products
• Suitable for use with different mechanical designs

Quality

• Improvement of product property
• Fast introduction of new products

Productivity

• Extendable steel grade data base for future developments by the customer