Today, CSP® (Compact Strip Production) is the world's leading thin slab technology. Pioneered by SMS group in 1989, it has transformed the world of flat steel production. That's because CSP® has so much to offer - above all: high cost efficiency, a broad product spectrum, and excellent strip quality.
Concept
CSP®
Full variety of carbon grades such as structural steel, silicon steel, pipe grades, multiphase steel
Strip width:
800 - 2,150 mm
Strip thickness:
0.8 - 25.4 mm
Capacity:
1- strand up to 1.6 million tpy
2-strand up to 3.2 million tpy

Compact in design, CSP® produces high-quality hot strip in a single manufacturing line that combines casting, heating, and rolling. Our proven CSP® caster with its patented funnel-shaped mold casts thin slabs in thicknesses ranging from 50 to 90 mm. Next, the slabs go into the CSP® furnace for temperature equalization. Straight after that, the CSP® mill rolls them to final strip thickness.
If you want to grow with the market, CSP® is the perfect solution for you. Starting with a single-strand CSP® plant, you can cost-effectively produce around 1.5 million tons hot strip per year. Later, simply add a second casting strand to double your capacity to more than 3 million tons per year.
Your benefits
Technology
X-Roll® Oil Bearing
Hydrodynamic roll-neck bearings from SMS group are highly advanced and elementary components of modern rolling mill technology. That's because they support the load-bearing backup rolls. Even under extremely tough operating conditions, they ensure long roll service life and minimal maintenance outlay. This is how roll-neck bearings contribute substantially to meeting the high requirements for optimal final strip geometry.




Selected References
Electrical and Automation systems
Service
Downloads
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Furnace technology
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Oil film bearings
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Segment roll coating
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Maintenance service
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Modernization of rolling mills - Electrical and automation systems
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Future-proof complete solutions from one source - Electrics and Automation
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X-Pact® Cast Optimizer
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X-Pact® Tech Assist - One central system for managing techno-metallurgical parameters
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A new steel plant complex for SDI
Contact

Christoph Klein
SMS group GmbH
Technical Sales Hot Rolling Mills / CSP
Wiesenstraße 30
57271 Hilchenbach-Dahlbruch
Germany
Phone
: +49 2733 29 2804
Fax
: +49 2733 29 772804

Klaus Pronold
SMS group GmbH
Head of Sales Electrics/Automation Flat Rolling Mills
Wiesenstraße 30
57271 Hilchenbach-Dahlbruch
Germany
Phone
: +49 2733 29 1089
Fax
: +49 2733 29 771089

Stephan Schallenberg
SMS group GmbH
Service Caster
Ohlerkirchweg 66
41069 Mönchengladbach
Germany
Phone
: +49 2161 350 3516
Fax
: +49 2161 350 1980