The quadrate and circular billets all can be heated using push sticks in the pusher-type billet heating furnace.

Analysing the pusher motor moment for No 4 heating furnace in 2050 hot rolling shop in Bao Steel;

Discussing how to select the motor speed based on the modification of the pusher drive system;

85t pusher of Chongqing Steel medium plate plant has been detailedly described in three aspects of type se- lection plan, configuration design and strength calculation.

Some views and concepts in the development of the steel pushers and steel dischargers are mainly presented in this paper, in combination with the author′s view points.

The structure of the steel pusher rocker should be amended according to the length of slab which increased from 1700mm to 2000mm in a medium plate Plant.

For defects in matching rules of reheating furnace with rolling mill, this paper proposed a push rate control strategy based on the target drop out temperature and rolling delay control strategy based on temperature ramping rate, thus matching of reheating furnace with rolling mill is optimized.

By analysing the causes of misplace and overproofed plate in cutting, the cut-to-Length pusher was designed, so passing ability of conditioning process line is improved .