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Bhushan Power and Steel Ltd is
completing the final stage of its phase
two expansion programme.
The company was established in 1970,
and is among the top Indian steel
producers with seven manufacturing
facilities at four different locations in
India and an annual turnover of more
than $750 million. A combined wire rod
and bar mill is to be installed adjacent
to Bhushan Power and Steel’s new
integrated steel plant in Jharsuguda in
the state of Orissa.
The core technology of this new
500,000tpy rolling mill is a 3-roll
reducing and sizing block (RSB) from
Friedrich Kocks GmbH & Co KG.
Bhushan Power and Steel Ltd is the
first company in India to invest in RSB
technology.
The order comprises the design,
supply, erection and commissioning of
a 4-stand 3-roll RSB with a nominal
roll diameter of 370mm. The reducing
and sizing block is prepared for a
possible future extension to five stand
positions and will be implemented
after stand number 18 of the 2-high
roughing and intermediate mill.
As a finishing block, the RSB rolls
finished straight bar lengths within the
range of 16mm to 80mm diameter and
hexagons within the range of 18.25mm
to 50mm onto the cooling bed as well
as bar in coils of 16mm to 60mm
diameter. As a pre-finishing block,
the RSB produces all necessary
pre-sections for the downstream wire
rod finishing block.
An extended range of up to ±1.5mm
from the nominal size allows rolling of
a variety of sizes with tightest
tolerances by simply adjusting stands
and guides via remote control. The
optimum adjusting values for motor
speed, rolls and guides are calculated
by the bar mill configuration system
(BAMICON). The adjustment is done
automatically within one minute.
This allows trouble-free, economic
production of high quality bar.
Friedrich Kocks GmbH – Germany
Fax: +49 2103 54 028
Website:
Bhushan expansion
Nexans has completed a contract
worth approximately €1,000,000 to
supply low-voltage power cables for
the BioWanze project—a new plant
producing bioethanol from wheat
and sugar beet. The plant, located
in Wanze near Huy sur Meuse
(Belgium), represents an investment
of €250,000,000 for the Südzucker
Group, Europe’s leading sugar
producer. It will produce half of the
annual bioethanol volume for the
Belgian market, or 125,000m3 per
annum during the next six years.
Nexans entered a frame agreement
with Siemens NV/SA, the contractor
in charge, for the supply of
approximately 350km of low-voltage
(LV) power cables in five months,
with over one hundred different
product references. The cables
were manufactured by Nexans
production facilities in Belgium.
BioWanze recently completed its
first bioethanol delivery.
Nexans – France
Fax: +33 15669 8484
Email:
Website :
Biofuelled contract