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Cross-roll
piercing mill
SMS MEER, Germany, has received an
order from Vallourec & Mannesmann
Star for the delivery of a cross-roll
piercing mill for the Multistand Pipe Mill
(MPM) at its Youngstown site in Ohio,
USA. This enables the company to
boost the product quality and reduce
the maintenance efforts of the plant.
In addition to a cross-roll piercer, the
scope of the order includes electrical
equipment and basic automation, plus
transportation and handling equipment
and a billet end centring unit.
Features of the new barrel-type
piercer are enhanced rigidity, an up-to-
date disk arrangement and an exit side
with the latest generation of three-roller
guide pedestals.
As part of its scope of services, SMS
Meer takes over supervision of erection
and commissioning as well as training
of operating personnel.
The Youngstown plant is Vallourec’s
main production facility in the USA for
hot-rolled seamless tubes, used mainly
for the oil and gas exploration.
SMS Meer GmbH is a company of the
SMS group which, under the roof of the
SMS Holding GmbH, consists of a group
of various companies internationally
active in plant construction and
mechanical engineering for the steel
and non-ferrous metals industry. With
more than 13,500 employees around
the world the group generates sales of
around €3.3bn.
Installation of the new equipment is
scheduled for the 4th quarter of 2014.
SMS Meer GmbH – Germany
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Large-diameter pipe mill
CORINTH Pipeworks SA has signed a
contract with SMS Meer for the supply
of a JCOE large-diameter pipe mill for
longitudinally welded pipes.
With this investment in the new pipe
mill, Corinth Pipeworks is expanding
its product range in order to meet
the growing global demand for high-
strength offshore and onshore energy
pipes. The new mill will be able to
produce LSAW pipes with outside
diameters from 18" to 56", wall
thicknesses up to 40mm, and pipe
lengths up to 18.3m, in high-strength
steel grades up to X100. The annual
capacity will be 400,000 tons.
With the JCOE technology from SMS
Meer, Corinth Pipeworks SA, a leading
pipe supplier to the gas and oil industry,
will be able to meet the stringent
quality criteria for these highly stressed
pipes. The LSAW pipes will be used in
future in energy supply projects in the
Mediterranean region, in the Gulf of
Mexico, in Latin America, in West/East
Africa and in the North Sea.
Corinth Pipeworks SA – Greece
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