Project work of a new 4.3 metre wide state-of-the-art Plate Mill of Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) has crossed a major milestone with the lighting up of the Reheating Furnace.
It is noteworthy that the new Plate Mill is being installed with initial capacity of 1.0 Million Tonne (0.92 MT saleable), RSP sources said today.
The Plate Mill equipped with state-of-art technology will produce wide range of plates with close tolerances to meet stringent international standards, they said.
The Reheating Furnace, lighted up by RSP's CEO on May 12, is a key feature of the Mill and is of walking beam type and has a capacity of 225 Tonnes per hour.
LOI-Tenova-Hypertherm is the technology supplier as well as erection contractor for the technologically advanced furnace. The furnace will use both mixed gas and oil as fuel.
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Golden Peacock award to Technopark business incubator * Technopark Technology Business Incubator (T-TBI) has been chosen for this year's 'Special Commendation' for 'Golden Peacock National Training Award'.
The award instituted by Institute of Directors (IOD) India has chosen T-TBI for its successful conduct of various training activities undertaken by T-TBI in the areas of Entrepreneurship Development, Software Engineering, Software Certification, Students' Technical Skill Enhancement, a Technopark release said.
Technopark TBI is the first business Incubator in the country to receive the prestigious Golden Peacock Award which would be presented by Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayanan on May 23, it said.
