TPT July 2010

Yichang Three Gorges orders six air-knife systems for galvanising lines YICHANG Three Gorges, China, has placed an order with Fontaine Engineering und Maschinen GmbH, Germany, for the supply of six air-knife systems inclusive of the electrical and automation package. The systems are to be integrated into six hotdip galvanising lines and will allow easy and precise setting of the zinc coating thickness. All of the plants are virtually identical and will be erected in the immediate vicinity of Yichang, a city with over a million inhabitants, and the Three Gorges Dam. All of the plants are scheduled for commissioning in the second half of 2010. This short delivery period is only possible due to the high degree of standardisation of the FOEN systems. The supply scope comprises the design, manufacture and commissioning of the air-knife systems inclusive of the electrical and automation package. The systems include an automatic control facility which regulates the air-knife parameters with the aid of a product database. The coating qualities can thus be generated and reproduced in a reliable manner. To enable continuous testing of the coating quality, X-ray coating-thickness measuring devices from the firm of IMS will be included with each air-knife system supplied by FOEN. Fontaine Engineering und Maschinen GmbH is a company of the SMS group, which is, under the roof of the holding SMS GmbH, a group of companies internationally active in plant construction and mechanical engineering for the steel and non-ferrous metals industry. It consists of the two business areas: SMS Siemag and SMS Meer. In 2009, some 9,000 employees worldwide generated a turnover of more than €3.8bn. The plants are designed for coating thicknesses between 40 and 275 g/m 2 (zinc) and between 30 and 200 g/m 2 (zinc-aluminium alloy) at a strip speed of 30 to 130m/min. The strip widths are between 1,000 and 1,250mm at strip gauges between 0.5 and 2mm. 450,000t can be produced each year on each plant. Fontaine Engineering und Maschinen GmbH – Germany Fax: +49 211 881 4386 Email: thilo.sagermann@sms-group.com Pipe dictionary AN English to Russian/Ukrainian dictionary of pipe and tube production has been published for the first time. It is the result of cooperation efforts between Centravis ProductionUkraine, JSC, StateEnterprise “Ya.Ye. PsadaScientific Research Institute” and the International Tube Association. The dictionary caters for researchers and engineers working in the pipe and tube industry or machine-building industry. Nataliya Koryaka – ITA Email: koryakan@gmail.com

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