Praxair Licenses CoJet(R) Technology to WCI Steel for Basic Oxygen Furnace.DANBURY, Conn. -- Praxair, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : PX) today announced that it has signed a licensing agreement with WCI WCI Western Climate Initiative WCI Wright Center of Innovation WCI Whale Conservation Institute WCI Waterloo Collegiate Institute WCI Warren Correctional Institution (Warren, OH) WCI Warrior Concepts International Steel, Inc., an integrated, flat-rolled steel producer, for use of Praxair's patented CoJet(R) gas injection system in their basic oxygen furnace A basic oxygen furnace, also known as an LD converter, is the place within an integrated steel mill where molten iron from the blast furnace is changed into liquid steel. . Located in Northeast Ohio, WCI Steel has two 180-ton vessels that can produce up to two million tons of steel a year in a wide variety of carbon, alloy and high-strength chemistries. The installation of the CoJet gas injection technology is scheduled for first quarter, 2006. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Mike Jones, Superintendent - Steelmaking and Casting at WCI, "We anticipate great things from CoJet technology, including improved yield, more efficient decarburization de·car·bu·rize tr.v. de·car·bu·rized, de·car·bu·riz·ing, de·car·bu·riz·es To decarbonize. de·car and lower steel oxygen levels, all leading to significant operating cost reductions." Praxair's CoJet gas injection system delivers a laser-like coherent jet of oxygen into the molten steel bath. This coherent jet penetrates more deeply into the bath than a conventional supersonic jet stream, providing a more controlled and intense bath mixing, which can increase productivity and reduce costs at a steel mill. Praxair Metals Technologies Vice President Charlie Messina says, "The CoJet system has been proven to provide integrated steel producers with significant metallurgical benefits and productivity improvements." Praxair's revolutionary gas injection system is fully implemented at the Usiminas melt shops and the Cosipa steel mills in Brazil and at U. S. Steel's Gary Works. Installation on ThyssenKrupp Stahl AG steel mills in Germany is currently underway. With this latest signing, Praxair now has licensing agreements with five customers for the CoJet technology to be used in 12 basic oxygen furnaces. Based in Warren, Ohio Warren is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Trumbull CountyGR6. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio, approximately 14 miles (22 km) northwest of Youngstown and 15 miles (24 km) west of the Pennsylvania state line. , WCI Steel was formed as an independent steel company in 1988. However, the plant's steelmaking history dates back to 1912, when the Trumbull Steel Company first began making steel on the current WCI site. The company offers 185 grades of high-quality steel for use by various industries and manufacturers. More information is available at their website, www.wcisteel.com. Praxair Metals Technologies is the business unit responsible for the development, marketing and licensing of Praxair's technologies for process control software and technical services in energy conservation, product quality and productivity in ferrous and non-ferrous metals One method of classifying metals is by their content, and one common division is into ferrous metals and non-ferrous metals. The term ferrous is derived from the Latin "Ferrum" which means "containing iron", thus ferrous metals contain iron and non ferrous metals do not. customers around the world. For more information, please visit us on the Internet at www.praxair.com/metals. Praxair is the largest industrial gases company in North and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , and one of the largest worldwide, with 2004 sales of $6.6 billion. The company produces, sells and distributes atmospheric and process gases, and high-performance surface coatings. Praxair products, services and technologies bring productivity and environmental benefits to a wide variety of industries, including aerospace, chemicals, food and beverage F&B is a common abbreviation in the United States and Commonwealth countries, including Hong Kong. F&B is typically the widely accepted abbreviation for "Food and Beverage," which is the sector/industry that specializes in the conceptualization, the making of, and delivery of foods. , electronics, energy, healthcare, manufacturing, metals and others. More information is available on the Internet at www.praxair.com. |
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