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