The strip processing lines at Jindal Stainless Steel Plant Kalinga Nagar, Orissa, India
High-capacity stainless steel output - cold and hot annealing lines
A part of the O P Jindal group, Jindal Stainless Limited (formerly JSL Stainless Ltd.) is India’s largest and the only fully integrated stainless steel manufacturer. Jindal Stainless Limited has grown from an indigenous single-unit stainless steel plant in Hisar, Haryana, to the present multi-location and multi-product conglomerate. Jindal stainless steel capacity after full expansion is about 2.5 million tons per annum.
Furnace section of a stainless steel processing line
Plant facts of the lines
| Hot annealing and pickling line | Cold annealing and pickling line | |
| Material | Cold and hot rolled stainless steel AISI 200, 300, and 400 series | Cold and hot rolled stainless steel AISI 200, 300, and 400 series |
| Line capacity | 0.8 million tons per year | 0.45 million tons per year |
| Strip thickness | 2.0-10.0 mm | 0.7-7.0 mm |
| Strip width | 850-1,650 mm | 800-1,600 mm |
| Process speed | 150 m/min in the uncoiling section 125 m/min at the S6-high mill exit 100 m/min in the process section | 180 m/min in the uncoiling section 150 m/min at the S6-high mills exit 120 m/min in the process section |
| Project start | January 2008 | January 2008 |
| Start of operation | July 2011 | March 2012 |
