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Wire & Cable ASIA – March/April 2011 24
Steel producer Amsteel Mills SDN BHD, Malaysia, has placed
an order with SMS Meer, Mönchengladbach, for the
modernisation of the wire rod outlet in the wire rod and bar mill
supplied by in Danieli 1995 at the Banting works in the state of
Selangor.
The modernisation comprises the supply of new core
components in the existing wire rod outlet.
This includes a 10-stand wire rod block with six stands of
Type 230 and four stands of Type 160, four water boxes, pinch
roll units, a high-speed loop laying head and the coil forming
chamber. In addition, the automation system of the wire rod
outlet is to be updated.
The CCT® (Controlled Cooling Technology) developed by
SMS Meer, a process model for selective temperature control
in order to obtain optimum microstructure properties, also
forms part of the scope of supply.
The aim of the modernisation at Amsteel Mills is to be able to
roll 16mm surface-quenched and tempered rebars on the wire
rod and bar mill, to achieve an increase in mill availability and
an increase in producivity by raising the maximum rolling
speed from 80m/s to 105m/s.
The modernisation is to be completed by the fourth quarter of
2011. Amsteel, together with Megasteel, belongs to the steel
division of the Lion Group, one of the largest companies in
Malaysia, a conglomerate with headquarters in Kuala Lumpur.
SMS Meer – Germany
Fax: +49 2161 350 1667
Email:
Website :
Amsteel Mills SDN BHD – Malaysia
Email:
Website :
SMS Meer
modernises wire
rod and bar mill
at Amsteel Mills
CommScope – the international provider of
telecommunications and cable networking infra-
structure materials and solutions – is no longer a
publicly traded company.
The company was formally acquired by The Carlyle
Group in January in a deal worth some $3.9 billion,
and was announced last October.
CommScope Inc – USA
Fax: +1 800 982 1708
Email :
Website:
$3.9bn CommScope deal complete