Steel Melting Shop-II of RSP creates yet another record

Steel Melting Shop-II (SMS-II) of Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) has created a new record by making 27 heats in the C shift on December 24.
This is the highest number of heats made by the unit for any single shift, RSP said in a release.
Notably SMS-II is a crucial unit in the production chain of the integrated steel plant, it said.
Rourkela Steel Plant, like all other steel plants of the country, has hit a rough financial patch, the release added.
The company has focussed on improving every link to optimize its performance. According to RSP CEO Ashwini Kumar, SMS-II was not able to match the performance of other units because of teething troubles.

The efforts have started yielding results and the unit that was making 45 to 46 heats per day few months back, registered 67 heats on November 19 and further increased to 70 heats on December 22. Clocking 27 heats in a shift is considered to be highly impressive.