Facilities

Saarloha expertise and specialization lies in following area :

  • Carbon/ Micro. Alloy/ Low Alloy steel for Forgings & Engineering Applications
  • Alloy & special steels
  • Electro Slag re-melted steel
  • Tool and Die Steel : H11, H13, A2, SXI99, S7, O1
  • Valves Steels  : En52, 21-4N, SUH3, SUH11
  • Stainsteels Steels : AISI 303, 304, 316, 410, 416,17-4PH, 15-5 PH
  • Customer specific steel development

Process Flow at Saarloha

Process Flow at Saarloha
  • 30 / 35 MT Capacity – ABB Make
  • Transformer Capacity 22 MVA
  • Slide Gate system for Slag Free Tapping
  • Equipped with Carbon Injector / Fume Extraction System / Direct Electrode Cooling System
  • Pneumatic Sample Carrier
  • Continuous DRI & Lime Feeding
  • Scrap Mix – DRI, Pig Iron, Forging Flashes, HMS
  • Oxy-fuel burners (VLB)
  • Auto alloy & fluxes feeder for tapping additions.
  • 30 /35 MT Capacity – 2 No’s
  • VD / VOD station – 2 No’s
  • Vacuum less than 1 millibar
  • Transformer Capacity 7.2 MVA
  • Tank Degassing with 6 Ejectors and 3 Boilers
  • Automatic Ferro Alloy Addition System
  • Continuous Argon/ Nitrogen purging
  • Pneumatic Sample Carrier
  • Wire Feeder for S, Al, CaSi
 
  • Bottom Pouring  Teeming
  • Casting with ingot casting car
  • Complete close casting with Argon shrouding / atmosphere
  • Super heat & precise mould feed rate controlled casting
  • Square, round, polygonal moulds
  • Ingot weight 3.2 to 70 MT
  • Slow cooling pits
  • Use of insulating hot tops & highly exothermic anti-piping compound
  • Concast Technology – CLECIM Design, Automation by L&T
  • C Type Twin Strand Caster
  • Casting Radius 12 / 18 Meters
  • Ceramic Shroud from Ladle to Tundish
  • Tundish Capacity 7 MT
  • Alumina Graphite 4 port upward angled Sub Entry Nozzles from Tundish to Mould
  • Argon Shrouding of Tundish Stream
  • Complete close casting
  • Granular Casting Powder from Metallurgica Germany
  • Mould Electro Magnetic Stirrer from Concast Switzerland
  • Automatic Mould Level Controller, + / – 3.0 mm from Concast Switzerland
  • Mould oscillation 200 Cycles / Min. (Max.)
  • Secondary Cooling PLC Controlled
  • Air mist / water secondary cooling.
  • Bloom Sizes : 160×160,210×230,240×280, 320×400 mm
  • Capacity 3000 MT / Annum
  • Supplied by INTECO, Austria
  • Plant Type Fixed Collar Copper Mould with retractable base Plate
  • Single Column Automatic Electrode Change
  • Transformer Capacity 3.18 MVA
  • Mould sizes 335 mm Sq., 420 mm, 640 mm, 810 mm Dia
  • Maximum Ingot Length 4.5 Meters and Ingot weight 17 MT
  • Argon / Nitrogen shrouding
  • Pre Fused ELH  Slag
  • Continuous Aluminum Deoxidation
  • End Application- Nuclear,Aerospace, Power Gen, Defence and Engineering applications
  • 925mm 2 High Reversible Mill
  • Manufactured by Morgardshamer Sweden
  • Walking Beam Furnace, 35 MT / Hour, from Hypertherm Furnaces
  • (Operation fully automatic with Material Tracking System provided by Vega)
  • Continuous Oxygen monitoring system supplied by Raskin India
  • 40 MT Batch type Soaking Pit Furnaces (2 nos) for heating ingots of weight 5 MT
  • Mill equipped with Manipulator, Straightener & Tong Tilter
  • Descaler
  • Size Range up to 200 mm Rounds & 340 mm RCS
  • 22″ Rolling Mill :
  • 550 mm DIA 3 High Twin stand Rolling Mill
  • Manufactured by SSS Engg India Ltd
  • Continuous Oxygen monitoring system supplied by Raskin India
  • Automatic Trough Tilter & Grip Tilter from H & K, India
  • Descaler
  • Hot Circular Saw
  • Size Range 75 mm to 200 mm Rounds & 80 to 165 mm RCS
  • Sizes from 20- 85mm dia; RCS and flats can be supplied by rolling billets/blooms at approved vendors.
  • Heat Treatment
  • Conditioning
Heat Treatment : Bogie hearth Oil Fired Annealing Furnace
  •  1 nos of 15 MT batch size
  •  1 no 30 MT batch size
Bogie hearth Electric Annealing Furnaces
  • 2 nos of 15 MT batch size
Conditioning :
  • Shot blasting machine
  • Swing Frame Grinders
  • Band saw – 10 nos (20 mm to 400 mm dia)
  • Roller straighteners – 3 nos (upto 125 mm dia)
  • Press straightnener – 1 no (upto 170 RCS)
  • Magnetic Particle Inspection Machines – 7 nos
This is a state-of-the-art finishing facility comprising of composite coil to bright bar finishing line having in-line Eddy Current Testing Facility at Ranjangaon.
  • Coil to Coil Line : Peeling
  • Coil to Bar Line : Peeling and centerless griding
  • Drawing Line : Shot Blasting & Cold Drawing
  • Centerless Grinders
  • Coil Annealing Furnace with Inert Atmosphere
  • Input Range : Finish Sizes 5.32 mm to 18 mm Dia
  • 400 tones per month
  • Surface Inspection : Eddy Current Testing
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Quality Assurance

A trusted name by global corporates, SAARLOHA is recognized as a leading manufacturer of speciality and high alloy steel.

Committed to high standards of customer satisfaction and an ISO 9001:2015, IATF 16949:2016 and AS 9100D certified company, SAARLOHA has consistently demonstrated the ability to meet the most stringent quality assurance standards. Our mechanical & chemical testing labs have NABL accreditation.  The Laboratories are equipped with testing equipment sourced from reputed manufacturers.

  • 02 Direct reading emission spectrometers (48 channels)
  • 03 Mobile Spectrometers
  • 07 MPI machines & Eddy current testing machine
  • Carbon & Sulphur Determinator (LECO make)
  • Hydrogen Analyzer & Nitrogen/Oxygen Analyzer (LECO make)
  • Structures Metallographic Polishing machines
  • Metallurgical microscopes with photography capabilities
  • Carl Zeiss microscope (HD-100) with image projection facilities
  • Ultrasonic portable flaw detectors
  • Universal Tensile testing machine (UTM – 40 T)
  • Impact at subzero temperature
  • Jominy end quench equipment
  • Wet analysis lab
  • Rockwell, Brinell and Vickers hardness testing machines

While we strive for continuous improvement, our advanced manufacturing processes and quality systems ensure sustained and consistent quality in our products and services.

In-house R&D

Saarloha R&D center is approved by DSIR (GOI) and involved in continuous improvement of steel.

Major thrust Areas of R&D:
1. New Product Development
2. FEM Modeling & Simulation
3. Process Improvement
4. Advanced Material Characterization

Saarloha’s in-house R&D center consists of metallurgical experts, process experts and is well  equipped with testing facilities like Mechanical Properties, Metallography, chemical analysis and NDT. FEM & Simulation is a major strength of R&D team to predict the properties of wide range of steel grades which supports in process improvement. We are continuously working to improve the product quality along with our customers and are successfully meeting their expectations.

We have successfully developed products and processes for our customers from segments like Energy, Defence, Aerospace, Oil & Gas sectors etc.
Saarloha’ s testing facility and experts team provides technical support and in-house failure analysis for our customers.

R&D also has a 100 kg Prototype Induction Furnace – which is utilized to develop special and new steel grades

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