Baosteel's Heavy Plate Used in the Underground Power Station

Baosteel and Gezhouba Group recently inked the agreement for the supply of B610CF high strength heavy plate used in the spiral case of the last two water-turbine generator sets in Three Gorges Right Bank Underground Power Station. So far, the heavy plate totaling 8700t used in the key components of all the generator sets in Three Gorges Right Bank Underground Power Station----penstock and spiral case will all be supplied by Baosteel, which contributes to the localized production of the steel for China's Three Gorges Hydro Project.

In the previous constructions of Three Gorges project, most of this kind of plate used to depend on import. Paying close attention to national key water conservancy projects, Baosteel actively develops high strength heavy plate. In 2005, Baosteel organized a team for the production, sales and R&D of heavy plate, and successfully developed the high strength heavy plate for hydropower projects-B610CF by taking advantage of the 5m heavy plate mill that was just put into operation then.

The successful application of Baosteel's high strength heavy plate for hydropower projects in Three Gorges Right Bank Underground Power Station will not only expand the market share of this product, but also greatly accelerates the process of localized production of the steel for China's Three Gorges Hydro Project. Since 2006, a total of 37,000t high strength heavy plate produced by Baosteel has been used in 16 large and medium sized domestic hydropower projects including Guizhou Goupitan Power Station and Guangxi Longtan Power Station, with the market share up to over 40%.