Completion of replacement of Converter Shells at SMS, DSP in record time
The contract for the said job was signed between DSP and Consortium of M/s SMS group GmbH and M/s SMS India Pvt. Ltd. on 30.01.2019.
Durgapur: Time and again DSPians have proved their mettle during various stages of operation inside the plant. The commendable job of replacing the BOF Converter Shell including provision for Bottom Stirring System and installation of New Secondary Emission Control facilities in all three Converters at Steel Melting Shop of DSP. The contract for the said job was signed between DSP and Consortium of M/s SMS group GmbH and M/s SMS India Pvt. Ltd. on 30.01.2019.
Due to the outbreak of the COVID pandemic, the shutdown for the Converter-related job was delayed and was again taken up from 24th July 2021 with a challenging contractual target of completing the job in 55 days. The job of replacement of third Converter i.e. Converter# 1 along with hood changing was completed and made ready for first heat on the 39th day on 31.08.2021 vis-a-vis schedule of 55 days without affecting the normal production at SMS. Converter#2 was also completed within scheduled contractual time and commissioned on 09.11.2020 while Converter#3 was finally completed two weeks ahead of schedule on 24.06.2021.
The lighting up of Converter #1 along with secondary emission control facilities for all the converters for commissioning was inaugurated by Shri AV Kamlakar, CEO, ISP with an additional charge of CEO, DSP & ASP on 31.08.2021 amidst the presence of ED (Works) Shri BP Singh, ED(P&A) Shri R Muniraju, ED(CET) Shri J Arora, ED(ASP) Shri S Subbaraj, ED(Projects) Shri PMurugesan, CGM I/c (F&A) Shri A Mukherjee, Sr. VP & BU Head of SMS group the Asia Pacific, Shri A K Mitra and other senior officials of DSP and CET.
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