steel news

• Specialized rolling mill for copper foil ensures minimum thickness of 0.006 mm
• Maximum speed of 800 meters per minute with stable rolling
• Primetals Technologies to supply all the mechanical and electrical equipment and shape and thickness control devices

Chinese producer Shanxi North Copper New Material Technology Co., Ltd. (NC) has placed an order with Primetals Technologies to supply a copper foil reversing mill for its production site in Yuncheng, Shanxi Province. The rolling line is composed of cluster mills (X-Mill) specifically designed to roll foils of non-ferrous materials, ensuring a stable and highly efficient production. Start-up is expected in 2022.

Jiangsu Shagang Group (Huaigang) orders modernization from SMS Concast for their six-strand billet caster to enter production of high quality steel

Huaigang Special Steel, a subsidiary of Jiangsu Shagang Group based in Zhangjiagang, China, has awarded SMS Concast, a company of SMS group, an order for the modernization of their existing six-strand billet caster. The main motivation for this project is the move towards special bar quality (SBQ) steel grades serving the automotive and mechanical engineering industries.

Marcegaglia Palini & Bertoli contracted Danieli Service to improve plate mill production in San Giorgio di Nogaro, Italy.
Danieli Service provided accurate restoration of mill housing geometrical tolerances, recondition existing backup and work roll chocks and supplied new DanLiners® wear plates.

Final acceptance granted for new pickling and galvanizing line with unique “heat-to-coat” technology

In December 2020, after a successful commissioning phase that proved the line’s efficiency, Nucor Steel Gallatin granted SMS group the final acceptance certificate (FAC) for the new “heat-to-coat” pickling and galvanizing line in Ghent, Kentucky, U.S.A. The line was fully supplied by SMS group (www.sms-group.com), including engineering, process technology, furnace technology, pickling and galvanizing technology as well as electrical and automation systems.

• Finishing train equipped with eight modern Red Ring Series 5 stands
• Shorter change times and easier maintenance tasks
• Existing rolling rolls and guiding equipment to be reutilized

Primetals Technologies has been contracted by Acciaierie Venete S.p.A. for the modernization of the finishing train of the rolling mill installed in Mura (BS), Italy. The project comprises the replacement of eight existing housing-type rolling stands with modern housing-less type Red Ring Series 5 units, which are lighter and more conveniently movable from the rolling line to the workshop and vice versa.

Dragon Steel Corporation grants FAC to SMS Concast for the modernization of their six-strand billet caster

Dragon Steel Corporation, Ltd., a subsidiary of China Steel Corporation located in Taichung, Taiwan, has granted SMS Concast, a company of SMS group, the final acceptance certificate (FAC) for the modernization of their six-strand billet caster. The objective of the revamp was to improve the billet quality for the local high-end market, for applications including fasteners, welding rod, mechanical components and others.

SULB and SMS digital join forces in optimizing energy efficiency in integrated steelworks in Bahrain

SULB and SMS digital, a company of SMS group, cooperate in identifying and tapping potentials for energy savings in SULB’s integrated steelworks in Bahrain. Alongside SMS group, Brazil-based SMS group company Vetta and Midrex Technologies, Inc., based in North Carolina, USA, are partners to the project.

Featuring the Danieli Breda ESED 4.0 technology enabling energy savings up to 30%

Turkish company PMS Aluminium, based in Bursa, selected Danieli Breda to supply a new, 40-MN, 10-in. front-loading extrusion press.