TPT July 2013

Diary of Tube Events

Largest integrated steel mill in ASEAN THE Taiwanese Formosa Plastics Group has contracted German company Freidrich Kocks GmbH & Co KG to supply a 3-roll reducing and sizing block in heavy-duty design (RSB) for its Vietnam-based subsidiary Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Corporation. Formosa Plastics Group, with some 100 affiliate companies and about 100,000 employees worldwide, is the largest private enterprise in Taiwan. The RSB will be installed in the combined wire rod and bar mill of the new integrated steel mill project in the Vung-Ang Economic Zone of the Ha Tinh Province. This is located 410km south of Hanoi City and 1,300km north of Ho- Chi-Minh City. With a total production capacity of 15 million tons/year this will be the largest integrated steel mill in the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations). The 370mm heavy duty reducing and sizing block will be operated as finishing block in the new 600,000 t/a rolling mill for special bar qualities downstream the 16-stand roughing and intermediate mill. The RSB is equipped with four stand positions and is designed for controlled rolling at low temperatures down to 750°C. The 3-roll block rolls round bar in coils within the range from 20mm Ø to 55mm Ø. The RSB allows rolling out of only one pass series with just five feeders from the roughing and intermediate mill. Due to the ‘free-size’ rolling capability any desired finished dimension within the complete dimensional range can be produced in any required 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. Freidrich Kocks GmbH & Co KG – Germany Website: www.kocks.de

2013

16-21 September EMO Hannover (Germany) International Exhibition www.emo-hannover.de 17-19 September Tube SE Asia (Thailand) International Exhibition www.tube-southeastasia.com 1-3 October TuboTech (Brazil) International Exhibition www.tubotech.online.com

12-14 November Stainless Steel World Expo (Netherlands) International Exhibition www.stainless-steel-world.net

18-21 November Fabtech (Chicago, USA) International Exhibition www.fabtechexpo.com 19-22 November TOLexpo (France) International Exhibition www.tolexpo.com

2014

11-15 March Metav (Germany) International Exhibition www.metav.com

7-11 April Tube Düsseldorf (Germany) International Exhibition www.tube.de

24-27 September Tube China 2014 (Shanghai, China) International Exhibition www.tubechina.net 28-30 October Tube India 2014 (Mumbai, India) International Exhibition www.tubeindia.com

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