Equipment  Erection of ECL-2 (CRM -2) and CPL 2 on 01.10.2009

Tinplate Company took yet another leap towards completing its proposed expansion programme on October 1, 2009 with the start of equipment erection at Electrolytic Cleaning Line (ECL) 2 and Coil Preparation Line (CPL) 2 at the Cold Rolling Mill Complex 2 by Chairman,TCIL, Mr B Muthuraman.

Managing Director, Tata Steel Limited, Mr H M Nerurkar, Vice President, E & SP, Tata Steel, Mr R P Singh accompanied by Chairman, JUSCO and Former Managing Director, Tinplate Company, Mr Bushen Raina, M D, TCIL Mr Tarun Daga and Chief, Project, TCIL, Mr Hemant Gupta, were present during this momentous occasion.

During the equipment erection process, Capacity Balancing of facilities at CPL 2 will be undertaken along with Tinplate Company’s ambitious growth plan which included up-scaling its production capacity to 380,000 MT.

ECL - 2
Line Specification : Hand of Line -                               Right to Left Capacity -                                    220,000 TPA Input Matl. -                                 FHCR of Low Carbon Steel Strip Width -                                600 mm (min.) / 1250 mm (max.) Strip Thickness -                          0.16 mm (min.) / 0.63 mm (max.) Incoming / Outgoing Coil Size --    508 mm I.D -- 900 mm O.D (min.) / 1850 mm O.D (max.) Incoming / Outgoing Coil Weight -  25 MT Line Speed -                                450 mpm Threading Speed -                       40 mpm Oil & Dirt after process -              10 mg/sq.m per side Iron Fines after process -             10 mg/sq.m per side Control Accuracy a) Speed --                                +/- 0.1 % of max. speed within speed range b) Tension --                              +/- 1 % under static -- +/- 3 % under dynamic Max. / Min. Coiler Tension --        1418 Kg. / 150 Kg. Max. / Min. Uncoiler Tension --     787.5 Kg. / 80 Kg.
CPL - 2
Line Specification : Hand of Line --                           Left to Right Capacity --                                230,000 TPA (34.89 MT/Hr) Input Material --                        CR Low Carbon Steel Strip Width --                            650 - 1250 mm Strip Thickness --                      0.13 – 0.63 mm Incoming / Outgoing Coil Size--  508 I.D -- 900 – 1850 mm O.D Incoming / Outgoing Coil Wt. --  25 T max. Line Speed --                            15 – 600 mpm Threading Speed --                   15 mpm Winding Tension --                    2000 Kgf.max. Line Tension --                         3.5 Kg/sq.mm max. Total Connected Load --            550 KW Compressed Air reqd. --           15 M 3 / Hr FAD 6 KG / cm2 Water Reqd. --                         4 M 3 / Hr recir. at 32 Deg C Trimmed Width --                     7.5 mm min. on one side -- 25 mm max. on one side Trimmed Width accuracy --        ( +) 1.0 mm -- ( -) 0.0 mm Lengthwise Camber --              6 / 6 mm / M