TPT May 2019

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Skin-pass mill revamped for safe operation LUSOSIDER Aços Planos, Portugal, entrusted Fives to revamp the bridle rolls in the skin-pass section for its continuous galvanising line (CGL). The project aims to increase operation reliability and facilitate maintenance. Fives will replace the existing combination of the entry gearbox and exit bridle rolls of the skin-pass with newly designed bridle rolls, and will provide individual motorisation for each motorised roll. furnace of the line and installed an addi- tional jet cooling unit. Fives designs and supplies machines, process equipment and production lines for sectors such as steel, aerospace and special machining, aluminium, automotive and manufactur- ing industries, cement, energy, logistics and glass. The company puts innovation at the core of its development strategy, by investing in R&D to design and cre- ate technologies that anticipate industry needs. Fives Group – France Fax: +33 1 4523 7571 Website: www.fivesgroup.com Fives’ new design for the skin-pass section at Lusosider

A new DMS burr masher will be installed as part of the project, and an existing zinc bath gauge will be relocated to fit the new configuration. The new equipment will be designed, delivered and commissioned by July 2019. Lusosider has been a long-term partner of Fives. In 2000, it contracted the group to revamp the existing CGL to increase the line capacity to produce low carbon steel for construction. In 2016, in order to further increase capacity, Fives revamped the horizontal

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