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Nanjing Iron and Steel Co signed a
contract with the German company
Friedrich Kocks for the supply and the
commissioning of a three-roll reducing
and sizing block 370/4 in heavy-duty
design [RSB++] for a new SBQ bar mill.
NISCO is part of the Nanjing Iron and
Steel Union Company Limited with its
headquarters in Nanjing and is listed
on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. It has
approximately 11,400 employees and
operates blast furnaces and rolling mills
with a production of 6.8m tons in 2011.
After completion the new rolling mill
will produce 800,000t/a of first class
SBQ-bar within the range of 16-80mm
diameter. Downstream the roughing
and intermediate mill, consisting of
20 stands, the four stand 370mm
reducing and sizing block will produce
all finished dimensions in coils and in
straight lengths onto the cooling bed.
The three-roll RSB design also enables
controlled rolling at low temperatures
within the range of up to 60mm
diameter.
The heavy duty RSB allows rolling out of
only one pass series from the roughing
and intermediate mill and significantly
reduces the number of required feeders.
Any finished dimension of the complete
dimensional range can be produced in
any desired sequence with a minimum
number of roll sets and just a few stand
changes.
The optimum adjustment values for
motor speed, rolls and guides as well as
gear steps are calculated by the bar mill
configuration system Bamicon in relation
to the final product.
Besides the reducing and sizing block
with the automatic quick stand changing
system the scope of supply comprises
the bar mill configuration program
Bamicon and the remote-controlled
adjustment of pass and guides of the
three-roll stands in the mill line as well as
the roll shop with quick roll change and
Capas, the computer aided system for
accurate adjustment of rolls and guides
in the stands.
The supervision of erection,
commissioning and the training of
customer personnel complete the
contract package. Delivery is expected
for the third quarter of 2013.
Friedrich Kocks GmbH & Co KG –
Germany
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Heavy-duty deal is done
Keighley Laboratories, experts in the
analysis, testing and heat treatment
of metals, has appointed three of its
long-serving managers to divisional
directors, in recognition of their
contribution to past performance and their
key roles in future growth plans.
Together clocking up almost a century of
work experience with the West Yorkshire
firm, Michael Emmott becomes divisional
commercial director for the heat treatment
division, Matthew Mellor is now divisional
technical director responsible for the
technical services division, including the
test house, machine shop and chemical
laboratory, while David Wright has been
named divisional production director for
the heat treatment division.
Keighley Labs – UK
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Three new directors for Keighley
▲ ▲ David Wright, Michael Emmott and MatthewMellor