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Industry News
HANNIBAL Pipes SA has announced
that technical partner Byard Spiral
Mill has successfully finalised plant
commissioning and production start-up,
making Hannibal the first SAW spirally
welded steel pipe mill to start production
in the South of Spain. Hannibal Pipes
started its investment in 2010. The first
phase investment was €10mn, and Byard
Spiral Mill has a 15% share.
Hannibal Pipes has also been awarded
its first major order for the supply of around
85km of 22" and 24" SAW spiral pipes.
The pipes will then receive galvanising
treatment and will be used as centre pipes
for a 50MW solar field investment in the
Spanish Andalusia region.
Byard Spiral Mill is the technical
partner for supply and operation of pipe
manufacturing equipment, initially having a
yearly capacity of 90,000M/tons. The Byard
production line is capable of manufacturing
SAW spiral steel pipes with diameters from
508 to 2,540mm and having a thickness up
to 22mm.
“We are very satisfied by Hannibal
Pipes first important order and we are now
looking to enter soon into second phase
investment installing a second production
line,” commented Mr Ting, chairman and
CEO of Byard Spiral Mill and Hannibal
Pipes director.
“Hannibal Pipes building has the classical
‘T’ layout and for second line installation will
have major synergy and production range
optimisation.”
Located in Hellin, Albacete, Spain, in
an area directly connected through railway
with Cartagena Port, Hannibal Pipes also
designs and manufactures a large range
of steel special pieces, such as bends, T
connections, sleeves and couplings.
Hannibal Pipes SA – Spain
Fax: +34 967 176 860
Email:
Byard Spiral Mill Sdn Bhd – Malaysia
Fax: +60 603 8024 6262
Email:
Website:
Spanish spirally welded steel pipe mill
STAHLWERK Thüringen GmbH recently
commissioned the new roughing stand
supplied by SMS Meer, Germany, for the
section rolling mill in Unterwellenborn.
The new two-high reversing stand is
designed for a rolling force of 10,000kN
and has a drive power of 4,400kW.
Further special technical features include
the automatic roll gap opening in the
event of an overload, the semi-automatic
axial shifting of the top roll for groove
adjustment and the significantly simplified
roll changing.
The plant standstill time for the
modernisation was just six weeks. The
old roughing stand was dismantled and
the new stand installed. It includes a
complete drive train, working roller tables
and side guard manipulators as well as
the complete electrical and automation
equipment. The new rougher replaces
a stand that has been in operation
since 1984.
Stahlwerk Thüringen belongs to the
Spanish Alfonso Gallardo Group. SMS
Meer GmbH is a company of the SMS
group, which is, under the roof of the SMS
Holding 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 2010, some
9,000 employees worldwide generated a
turnover of €3.1bn.
SMS Meer – Germany
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New roughing stand commissioned