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Rebar mill in Kazakhstan

can range from 10mm to 40mm, with the smaller diameters produced in two-slit or three-slit mode. The contract with Siemens also comprised a billet reheating furnace, including a feeder and descaling station, a quenching line, shearing systems, a 78m cooling bed, and machines for counting, bundling, tying, weighing and label printing. Siemens also supplied the fluid systems and a water treatment plant. The scope of supply also included the low voltage power distribution system, the main and auxiliary drives, motors, and the basic and process automation. Siemens was also responsible for supervising the installation and commissioning.

A new long rolling mill from Siemens Metals Technologies has been brought into operation for Evraz Caspian Steel LLC, a Kazakh steel producer. The rolling mill is part of a new facility designed to produce 450,000 tonnes of rebar per year to supply the construction industry in Kazakhstan and adjoining central Asian countries. The end products can be rolled in single, two-slit or three-slit mode. Evraz Caspian Steel belongs to the Russian Evraz Group. The new mill comprises an eight-stand roughing mill, a six-stand intermediate mill with Red Ring stands in an HV arrangement, and a finishing mill with four horizontal Red Ring stands. All the rolling stands are equipped with a quick-change device. The diameters of the end products

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