• Nucor Steel Decatur selected Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ Primetals Technologies to revamp its continuous thin-slab caster at the Decatur, Alabama plant.
• Project targets wider, more robust segment frames and improved spray patterns while maintaining current quality and production targets.
• Upgrade shifts the caster from a two-roller to a three-roller design, lifting bearing capacity by 50% and improving durability.
• Equipment will be manufactured, assembled, tested, and commissioned in Alabama over the next three years.
• Design supports future dynamic soft-core reduction to improve internal product quality.

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