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Chinese steelmaker Shagang Wide Plate
Mills Co Ltd (Shagang) has given
Siemens VAI Metals Technologies an
order to provide scheduled service
support for their five-metre plate mill no.
1 in its Zhangjiagang Works.
The aim is to increase the reliability and
availability of the plate mill even further.
For Siemens VAI, the order represents
the first service contract for a plate mill in
China. It strengthens its activities as a
partner to the steel industry throughout
the entire plant life cycle.
Scott Bellamy, senior service manager
for plate and aluminium rolling mills at
Siemens VAI, said: “The development
and implementation of a suitable
maintenance strategy contributes greatly
tomaintaining the long-termperformance
of plants in the steel industry. As a
partner throughout the entire life cycle,
our long-term oriented service packages
provide high levels of reliability and
availability for our customers’ plants.”
The plate mill in Zhangjiagang is fitted
with Siemens mechanical and electrical
equipment, and has been in operation
since January 2007. The rolling stand
has a rolling force of up to 10,000
tonnes, and is equipped with hydraulic
roll gap control and work roll bending. A
Mulpic® intensive cooling system is
installed on the conveying side to
provide the accelerated cooling required
for the production of high-strength
plates. The plant can produce some 1.8
million tonnes of heavy plate per annum,
mainly for shipbuilding, tube manufacture
and the construction industry in China.
In order to bring the reliability and
availability of the plate mill up to a high
level, a team of Siemens specialists will
inspect the plant at regular intervals, and
will deal with the latest maintenance
issues and implement structured
maintenance processes together with
the customer.
The service package will be backed up
by a comprehensive range of training
courses for Shagang’s employees. The
Siemens maintenance team will include
specialists for the control system, basic
and process automation, process
technology, mechanical and fluid
systems, as well as an expert for the
Mulpic® cooling system.
Shagang Wide Plate Mill Co Ltd is part
of the Jiangsu Shagang Group which,
with an annual production of some 23
millions tonnes, is one of China’s leading
steelmakers.
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