ASO
is situated in Ospitaletto (Brescia),
alongside the highway Milan-Venice, 10
Km west from Brescia, in an important
iron-metallurgical district in the northern
of Italy.
On an area of about 100,000 m2, about
30,000 m2 are covered: there are the works,
the offices and some other technological
buildings.
The production premises include the scrap
area, one electric arc furnace, three
ladle furnaces with three vacuum degassing
plants capable to treat up to 53 tons
of liquid steel each cast .
The three pouring pits are equipped with
their relating wheeled ladles which are
able to guarantee the full control and
recording of the pouring parameters.
Ingots get cooled (in the moulds or by
controlled cooling or annealing furnaces),
then marked and finally checked by the
quality department before shipment.
Two areas (one indoor and one outdoor)
are equipped to allocate ingotsready for
dispatch.
The indoor areas also include the mechanical
and electric workshops and the spare parts
storehouse.
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