EoW November 2012

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Heavy-duty deal is done

Any finished dimension of the complete dimensional range can be produced in any desired sequence with a minimum number of roll sets and just a few stand changes. The optimum adjustment values for motor speed, rolls and guides as well as gear steps are calculated by the bar mill configuration system Bamicon in relation to the final product. Besides the reducing and sizing block with the automatic quick stand changing system the scope of supply comprises the bar mill configuration program Bamicon and the remote-controlled adjustment of pass and guides of the three-roll stands in the mill line as well as the roll shop with quick roll change and Capas, the computer aided system for accurate adjustment of rolls and guides in the stands. erection, commissioning and the training of customer personnel complete the contract package. Delivery is expected for the third quarter of 2013. Friedrich Kocks GmbH & Co KG – Germany Website : www.kocks.de commercial director for the heat treatment division, Matthew Mellor is now divisional technical director responsible for the technical services division, including the test house, machine shop and chemical laboratory, while David Wright has been named divisional production director for the heat treatment division. Keighley Labs – UK Website : www.keighleylabs.co.uk The supervision of

Nanjing Iron and Steel Co signed a contract with the German company Friedrich Kocks for the supply and the commissioning of a three-roll reducing and sizing block 370/4 in heavy-duty design [RSB++] for a new SBQ bar mill. NISCO is part of the Nanjing Iron and Steel Union Company Limited with its headquarters in Nanjing and is listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. It has approximately 11,400 employees and operates blast furnaces and rolling mills with a production of 6.8m tons in 2011. After completion the new rolling mill will produce 800,000t/a of first class SBQ-bar within the range of 16-80mm diameter. Downstream the roughing and intermediate mill, consisting of 20 stands, the four stand 370mm reducing and sizing block will produce all finished dimensions in coils and in straight lengths onto the cooling bed. The three-roll RSB design also enables controlled rolling at low temperatures within the range of up to 60mm diameter. The heavy duty RSB allows rolling out of only one pass series from the roughing and intermediate mill and significantly reduces the number of required feeders. Keighley Laboratories, experts in the analysis, testing and heat treatment of metals, has appointed three of its long-serving managers to divisional directors, in recognition of their contribution to past performance and their key roles in future growth plans. Together clocking up almost a century of work experience with the West Yorkshire firm, Michael Emmott becomes divisional

Three new directors for Keighley

▲ ▲ David Wright, Michael Emmott and MatthewMellor

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