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HMI system for
compact hot
rolling mill
SIEMENS VAI Metals Technologies has
received an order from Baotou Steel
International Economic & Trading to
supply a new HMI system for the compact
hot rolling mill of Baotou Iron & Steel Co
Ltd. The conversion work is scheduled to
be carried out in April 2010.
In Inner Mongolia, Baotou Iron & Steel
of China has been operating a compact
hot rolling mill with an annual capacity of
up to 2.8 million metric tons since 2001.
The plant includes a two-strand continuous
slab caster, a seven-stand finishing mill
and two coilers, for which Siemens has
already supplied the drive equipment and
automation systems.
In the context of the current project, the
compact hot rolling mill is to be fitted with
HMI equipment based on Simatic WinCC.
All the components and systems to be
used are part of the Siroll HM solution
platform for hot rolling mills. This means
that the compact hot rolling mill will be the
third installation at Baotou Iron & Steel to
be equipped with a Siemens HMI solution
after the coupled tandem pickling line and
the plate mill.
It was only in 2006 that Siemens
expanded the six-stand finishing mill by
retrofitting a seventh stand, plus a roll gap
lubrication system, an automatic levelling
control system (ALC) and a looper flatness
control (LFC) system.
Siemens VAI Metals – Austria
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Enhanced trade
price guide
PIPE Center, Wolseley’s specialist pipe
and building services distributor, has
published an improved version of its
product and trade price guide.
The 360-page publication – a hundred
pages larger than the previous version –
contains detailed product information and
prices for all its key product lines, including
pipe systems and supports, valves and
materials, plumbing and heating, and tools
and safety equipment.
The guide includes information to help
customers identify the various pipe systems
available for specific jobs.
Among new sections are a guide to the
company’s added value services, including
Valvestock’s bespoke valve assembly;
Plascut stainless steel plasma cutting; off-
site modular pipework solutions; and tailor-
made refrigeration systems. An improved
chapter on sustainable technologies high-
lights the work of Wolseley’s sustainable
building centre.
It identifies the drivers behind the move
to more sustainable building products and
highlights key legislation impacting those
working in the industry.
The guide also explains the principles
behind new sustainable technologies
and approaches, such as heat pumps,
biomass boilers, solar thermal systems,
photovoltaic cells, heat recovery and
rainwater harvesting.
Pipe Center – UK
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