March 2014
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Kocks gets the order to boost
production and quality
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The bar mill number one at China Steel Corporation’s plant in Taiwan
Corporatenews
Steel producer China Steel Corporation
(CSC), the largest in Taiwan with an annual
production of more than ten million tons
of crude steel, has placed an order for
the delivery of a three-roll reducing and
sizing block (RSB) and additionally the
process and equipment for temperature-
controlled rolling (LTR) with Friedrich
Kocks in Hilden, Germany.
The objective of this order is to increase
the productivity and product quality
of bar mill number two. The decision in
favour of the RSB in heavy duty design
was made on the basis of the positive
experience gathered with regard to the
operational reliability of the equipment
already delivered by Kocks and the
excellent quality of the finished products.
In 2001, the first three-roll reducing and
sizing block in C-module design was
installed in bar mill number one. This
machine was recently revamped with the
addition of heavy duty stands. In a bay in
the immediate vicinity, bar mill number
two is situated where the new heavy duty
RSB is used as finishing block.
The RSB will be equipped with five stands
with a nominal roll diameter of 300mm
for rolling at low temperatures.
The three-roll block produces all SBQ
grades (special bar quality) in coils
within the dimensional range of 17 to
55mm diameter out of only four entry
cross-sections coming from the roughing
and intermediate mill.
In addition, the configuration program
Bamicon
calculates
the
optimum
adjusting values for motor speed, rolls
and guides, as well as the gear stages
depending on the requested finished
product.
Besides the reducing and sizing block
with quick automatic stand changing
system, the order contains the stand and
roll shop with quick roll change; Capas,
the computer-aided system for precise
adjustment of roll and guides in the
stand; and the configuration program
Bamicon.
The scope of supply also includes the
complete LTR-process with process
know-how and hardware engineering.
The supply package is completed by
assembly supervision, commissioning and
training of the customer’s personnel.
Delivery of the equipment is planned for
the third quarter of 2014.
Friedrich Kocks GmbH – Germany
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