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Ladle turret
Instructions for delivery and inspection

SN 926

1 Field of application and purpose

The basis for manufacture and inspection are the Manufacturing Instructions SN 200, but these specify only general minimum
requirements. The manufacture of highly stressed components, however, makes special requirements on the suitability for
welding, ductility and resistance to brittle fracture.
The specification for delivery and services applies to the manufacture and inspection of welded ladle turrets for continuous
casting and converter equipment. The instructions for delivery and inspection specify the acceptance-relevant requirements
and conditions for the material procurement, manufacture, assembly/installation and inspection of a ladle turret.

2 Material
2.1 General

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November 2002

The material used must always be weldable material in conformity with valid DIN EN standards. The use of equivalent
materials specified in other standards (e.g. ASTM, BS, JIS, GB-China) is allowed only upon approval by SMS Demag. All
materials must be identified/plate-stamped in such a way that tracing back is possible. All materials used must be certified by
an inspection document as in 3.1.B of DIN EN 10204.
Material certificates must be submitted to SMS Demag for approval prior to the processing of the material.

2.2 Standard materials S235J2G3 and S355J2G3

The material must comply with the specifications of DIN EN 10025. The plates must be supplied in normalized or an
equivalent state achieved by normalizing rolling. The heat treatment state must be certified in the inspection document.

2.2.3 Additional requirements

- Use of sufficient quantities of nitrogen-fixing elements (e.g. >0.02%) in the alloy to guarantee resistance to ageing.
- The internal structure of the plates is checked with ultrasonic testing and must comply with SEL 072, class 3, for the surface
and the edge zone.
- The gauge deviation is subject to class A as in DIN EN 10029.
- The plates made of the materials S235J2G3 and S355J2G3 marked in the drawing/bill of materials must meet the
requirements for improved deformation properties perpendicular to the product surface as in DIN EN 10164, quality level Z15.
Important: If this requirement/recommendation has not been taken into account in the order, the plates with improved through
thickness properties must be checked for absence of defects (lamellar tearing) in the seam areas after welding using an
appropriate non-destructive testing method (e.g. ultrasonic testing)

3 Welding
3.1 Filler metals
The filler metals must have been tested for suitability (DB/VdTV) and must meet all requirements made on the base material
(e.g. strength and ductility properties). All materials used must be certified at least by a test report 2.2 as in DIN EN 10204.

3.2 Demands made on the manufacturer

The manufacturer must have proved the suitability of his equipment, processes and personnel by analogy with DIN EN 729-3.
All welding work in the shop and on the site must be performed and supervised (welding supervision as in DIN EN 719) only
by qualified personnel (welders qualification as in DIN EN 287/1418). When a comprehensive form of verification as in DIN
18800 is presented, the requirements are considered fulfilled in their entirety.
Welding procedure specifications (WPS) and welding procedure approval records (WPAR) as in DIN EN 288-3 must be
submitted to SMS Demag for approval before the beginning of manufacture.

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3.3 Specifications for welding
As a basic rule, the general recommendations for the welding of metallic materials as in DIN EN 1011 must be followed to
ensure proper manufacture and supervision.
The requirements below must be met in addition to the manufacturing instructions of SN 200:
- The preheat, interpass and preheat maintenance temperatures are measured on the basis of DIN EN ISO 13916.
- The symbolic representation of the weld seams in the drawings must be made as specified in DIN EN 22553.
- The weld edges must be prepared as specified in DIN EN 29692.
- Rebaking of filler metals is made in conformity with the instructions given by the filler metal manufacturers. Upon rebaking,
the welding rods are kept in the quiver at a temperature of 100 to 150 C.
- Auxiliary welds for stiffening elements, lifting lugs etc. must be completely removed. The surfaces of the areas concerned
must be ground without notches and checked for absence of cracks with a suitable testing method.
- The suitability for welding of the materials used must be checked before welding by the responsible welding supervisor.
- Then the preheat temperatures are determined on the basis of the carbon equivalent (CEV = C + Mn/6 + Cr+Mo+V/5 +
Ni+Cu/15), plate thickness and the welding procedure used.

4 Manufacture
The building, welding sequence and testing schedules to be drawn up by the manufacturer must be submitted to SMS Demag
for examination and approval in due time before the beginning of manufacture. Bills of materials, which may be required for
plate material procurement, and the documentation required for manufacture (e.g. workshop drawings) must be drawn up by
the supplier.
The ladle turret is manufactured in the following welding assemblies (post, intermediate ring with bearing brackets, lifting arm,
ladle holding unit, weighing equipment and, as optional units, cross-beam and cover lifting linkage) and associated
attachments (roller bearing slewing ring, drive, locking system, lifting cylinder, guide lever, ladders, platforms, covers,
hydraulic system, grease lubrication system, pipework, cabling and, as optional equipment, lifting and slewing cylinders of the
cover lifting linkage).
All listed welding assemblies must be manufactured as specified in the building and welding sequence schedule.
Jack rings required for handling in the workshop must be attached with full penetration weld; the rings can remain on the
component provided they are not in the way during operation, otherwise, they must be completely removed and the welding
spots ground free from toolmarks.
The material stamp must be transferred prior to separating only by authorised qualified personnel.
Hydraulic pipelines must be pickled after welding.
The obtained manufacturing dimensions and surface qualities must be recorded and will be checked by SMS Demag
personnel.
Upon final acceptance, oil fills are drained (hydraulic oil, gear oil) and the ladle is taken apart into assemblies, cleaned and
coated.
Assemblies:

Covers, ladders and platforms

Lifting cylinder
Self-contained lubricating packages
Post with gear rim, drive and locking mechanism
Turret intermediate ring with bearing brackets
Lifting arms
Guide lever
Ladle holding unit with weighing equipment
Pipework and cabling must be separated at the points provided, the pipelines must be closed at
the points of separation.

Additional assemblies if ladle is equipped with cover lifting linkage:

Cross-beam with ball turning attachment and swivelling cylinders
Lifting column with lifting cylinder
Lifting arm
Chain suspension gear
Ladle cover
All information on the intermediate and final checks to be made are specified in the SMS Demag checking schedule. Suitable
instruments for the specified inspections such as levelling instrument, spirit level 0.1 mm/m, dial, depth, pressure gauges etc.,
must be made available by the manufacturer.

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5 Heat treatment after welding

Stress-relief heat treatment of the components is required only if specified on the drawing or if heat post-treatment is required
for reasons of manufacture (to be determined by the manufacturer).
Stress-relief heat treatment after welding takes place at a temperature between 550 and 600 C. The holding time must be 2
minutes for each millimeter of wall thickness (weld seam). The heating and cooling down rates must not exceed 50 Kelvin/h.
The temperature must be monitored with thermocouples and documented.

6 Inspection
The welds of all components must be visually inspected as specified in DIN EN 970 and DIN EN 25817, the inspections must
be documented. Surface defects such as weld undercuts, arc strikes, welding spatter, sharp-edged scratches are not
permitted; they must be completely removed by grinding and the absence of defects proven by surface crack detection
(magnetic particle or dye penetrant testing).
The exact scope of non-destructive testing is specified in SN 200 (minimum requirements) and indicated in the drawing.
Additional requirements for jack rings (workshop handling): 100% ultrasonic testing of the tie-in welds
The standards to be applied for performance and evaluation are specified in SN 200.
All assembly, dimensional, functional, pressure/tightness and visual checks to be made are described in a separate checking
schedule. This checking schedule is drawn up by SMS Demag und handed over to the manufacturer in due time before the
beginning of manufacture. The checking schedule signed by the manufacturer and SMS Demag is part of the documentation.
All inspections must be certified by an inspection certificate as in DIN EN 10204, 3.1.B or inspection report as in 3.2.

7 Documentation
All inspection and testing documents must be plainly marked with the order number and handed over to SMS Demag with the
delivery of the equipment units.
Radiographs must be stored for at least 10 years by the manufacturer and made available for review when necessary.
The followig reports/records are required:
- Inspection certificates for base materials and filler metals
- Heat treatment reports
- Records of non-destructive visual, dye penetrant, magnetic particle, ultrasonic and X-ray testing.
- Record on pressure/tightness testing
- Dimension certificates
- Welding instructions and building, welding sequence and inspection/testing schedules
- Reports on functional testing
- Reports on coating

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Applicable standards
SN 200
DIN EN 287
DIN EN 288-3
DIN EN 719
DIN EN 729-3
DIN EN 970
DIN EN 1011-1
DIN EN 1011-2
DIN EN 1418
DIN EN 10002-5
DIN EN 10028-2
DIN EN 10028-3
DIN EN 10029
DIN EN 10164
DIN EN 10204
DIN EN 10222-4
DIN EN 10228-3
DIN EN 22553
DIN EN 29692
DIN EN ISO 13916
SEL 072

Manufacturing Instructions of SMS Demag

Approval testing of welders, fusion welding
Specification and approval of welding procedures for metallic materials
Welding procedure tests for the arc welding of steels
Welding coordination; Tasks and responsibilities
Quality requirements for welding; Standard quality requirements
Non-destructive examination of fusion welds; Visual examination
Recommendations for welding of metallic materials General instructions for arc welding
Recommendations for welding of metallic materials Arc welding of ferritic steels
Welding personnel Approval testing of welding operators for fusion welding and resistance weld
setters for fully mechanized and automatic welding of metallic materials
Tensile testing of metallic materials; method of test at elevated temperature
Flat products made from steel for pressure purposes; non-alloy and alloy steels with specified elevated
temperature properties
Flat products made from steel for pressure purposes; weldable fine grain steels, normalized
Hot rolled steel plate 3 mm thick or above; tolerances on dimension, shape and mass
Steel products with improved deformation properties perpendicular to the surface of the product
Inspection documents for metallic products
Steel forgings for pressure purposes; Weldable fine grained steels with high proof strength
Non-destructive testing of steel forgings - Ultrasonic testing of ferritic or martensitic steel forgings
Symbolic representation on drawings
Metal-arc welding with covered electrode, gas-shielded metal-arc welding and gas welding; joint
preparations for steel
Welding Guidance on the measurement of the preheat, interpass and preheat-maintenance
temperatures
Ultrasonically tested heavy plate; technical delivery specifications