April 03, 2002
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RSP DEVELOPS INDIGENOUS STEEL SLAG POTS
The Foundries Department of Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP), Orissa of the Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) has developed indigenous steel slag pots which helps save Rs.1.8 crore annually. The pots are used in RSP and Bhilai and Durgapur steel plants.
To begin with the department started production of slag pots for in-house use in 1998-99. During the year it developed two 22 tonne pots for the blast furnaces and four 27.5 tonne pots for SMS-II. The success in this field resulted in increase in production of steel slag pots during 1999-2000 to 20, 2000-01 to 23 and 25 pots in 2001-02. These pots have been used in the plant and has been supplied to the sister units .
RSP has supplied two 25 tonne slag pots to Bhilai in 2000-01. The Department recently supplied two pots to Durgapur Steel Plant weighing 28 tonnes. It plans to produce 35 new slag pots for SAIL plants during the year 2002-03. The cost of each steel slag pot is around Rs.7.5 lakh.