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wiredInUSA - May 2016
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INDEXExtrusion plant Service Center Metals
(SCM) in Prince George, Virginia, has
placedan order with Hertwich Engineering
to supply a second compact-type remelt
plant for the production of extrusion billets.
The new unit processes post-consumer
scrap in a continuous, automated process
to produce high-grade logs. Provisionally,
the unit is scheduled to begin operating
by the end of 2016.
The new plant, with a capacity of 45,000
tonnes per year, combines all the working
steps, from melting the scrap to the
bundled logs.
Maximum log diameter is 14″ and it is
possible to cast two different diameters at
the same time.
The casting technology for logs of 14 ″ in
diameter was used by SCM for the first
time in 2014.
Continuous scrap
handling
SPIE, a multi-technical services supplier,
and contractor Dura Vermeer are joining
forces to construct the major portion of
a new 380kV overhead interconnection
between Doetinchem in the Netherlands
and Niederrhein in Germany.
SPIE will handle the electrotechnical work,
including mounting the cables, on the
Netherlands side, while Dura Vermeer will
be responsible for the civil works.
Client TenneT is said to have selected the
consortium because of its commitment
to achieving the power connection on a
strict timetable, with priority on safety and
environmental considerations. The Dutch
section of the interconnection must be in
place by June 2017.
The new connection is needed to meet
the growing volume of wind and solar
energy, making it necessary to increase the
electricity exchange capacity between
Germany and the Netherlands. The new
connector is, in part, to be a combined
line with both 150kV and 380kV circuits.
The 150kV part will replace the existing
overhead 150kV interconnection.
The new connector will consist of 54
Wintrack masts over a distance of
approximately 21km.
380kV overhead
interconnection