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Tube Mills and Roll Forming Lines
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IN THE presence of Russian Prime Minister
Vladimir Putin a heavyplate mill made by
SMS Siemag was recently put into operation
at the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works
(MMK) in Russia at a cost of €400m.
Within 32 months of the contract being
signed, more than 100 SMS Siemag staff,
headed by Wolfram Schael, helped set
up the most advanced mill of this type in
the Urals.
The core elements are the mill housings,
which weigh more than 500 tons and make
the roll stand with a rolling force of 120MN
one of the world’s most powerful heavy-
plate mills.
Heinrich Weiss, chair-
man and CEO of SMS
group, who is also the
chairman of the board of the
Russian-German chamber
of commerce, said he was
pleased that the project,
one of the largest of recent
years, could be successfully
completed in such a short
amount of time, especially
as, when Magnitogorsk Iron
& Steel Works was founded
in 1932, Siemag already
supplied several rolling
mills.
Designed for an annual capacity of some
1.5 million tons, the new heavyplate mill
will produce plates up to 4,800mm wide.
Production will focus on pipe grades (up to
X120) as starting material for large diameter
pipes for use in the gas and oil sector.
Other areas of application are, for
example, bridge construction and ship-
building as well as heavy mechanical
engineering.
The order covered the complete process
line for plate production with two walking
beam furnaces, the mill stand, plate cooling
system, hot leveller, cooling and inspection
bed, shear line, finishing area with cold
leveller and heat treatment facilities.
The package also included the complete
electrical equipment, drive systems and all
automation systems.
SMS Siemag – Germany
Fax: +49 211 8817 74127
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Vladimir Putin visits Russian iron and steel
works after €400m steel mill is commissioned
 Vladmir Putin (second from left) visits the factory