OREANDA-NEWS. September 17, 2012. Baosteel realized the supply of 80 kilograms of high ductibility extra heavy plate for marine engineering machinery in batches, with the 100% FTQ product quality. Recently, the first batch of products have arrived at the world marine giant Huisman of China base, and all passed the 100% recheck by the customers, which would be used for the key parts of marine crane equipment. This product is one of the most difficult ones in heavy plate manufacture field with the successful mass production for domestic for the first time, reported the press-centre of Baosteel. 

With the Netherlands headquarter, Huisman supplies the heavy engineering equipment design and manufacture service for the main global lands and marine engineering companies. Due to its specified products and leading position in the field, it is honored as the world marine giant with the marine crane equipment for the dominate products. In 2010, Huisman manufacture base in China manufactured and completed the world largest marine crane equipment with the capacity of 5000 tons, which equaled to the weight of 5000 cars or 12 Boeing 747 aircraft filled with fuel, worthy of the name “The Marine Weight-lifting Champion”.

Generally, marine operation faces the higher hazard and difficulty. Marine crane equipment is one of the most important manufacture and safety equipment, which has a high quality for the liability, maintainability, and wind resistance, corrosion resistance, especially for the key parts of the heavy plate on its specification, performance, and quality. With the thickest of 150 millimeters for Baosteel 80 kilograms extra high toughness marine engineering machinery heavy plate, it is adopted the highest grade of detection standard to require no defect for the steel plate with the qualities of 60 centigrade ultra low temperature, high weld ability, etc. The process was certificated by international recognized ship authority---Britain Lloyd’s Register of Shipping. Customers will do the 100% recheck for the steel plate after production.

Baosteel invested in the development, process, use of this steel for a long time, and had years of manufacture practice for high grade extra heavy plate. The successful mass production for the use of 80 kilograms steel plate in pumped storage hydroelectricity has laid a solid foundation for the steel to supply in batches. After communications with customers, under the lead of Baosteel Manufacture Department, Iron Making Plant, Heavy Plate Department, Steel Pipe Bar Steel Business Department, Marketing System, etc. constituted the tackle team to cooperate and optimize the element craft, adopting the special production craft to ensure the successful development and satisfy customers’ demands. It is said that after the recheck for all the products, customers think Baosteel delivery on time with good product performance, which laid a solid foundation for Baosteel to further enter into the global procurement checklist.