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2011 September Issue
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Flat Product Rolling & Finishing Technologies |
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About the Cover
The Siam Yamato mini-mill in Rayong, Thailand, is the most modern medium section mill in Southeast Asia. The 700,000 tpy plant started up in 2010 and is based on the extremely flexible and productive semi-continuous design, able to produce a wide variety of sections from 100 to 350 mm and in small lot sizes for just-in-time production. The core technology of the continuous mill is the innovative SMS Meer CS stand design. Made of fabricated and not cast components, this design merges high rigidity with low weight and reduced manufacturing and operational cost.
Photo courtesy of SMS Meer.
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Technical Features Table of Contents
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Cemented Carbide Rolls for Rolling SBQ Bars
Sven-Erik Lundberg, senior consultant, Hatch Ltd., Mississauga, Ont., Canada (slundberg@hatch.ca)
Cemented carbide can be used to reduce the roll cost in a bar mill. This work presents the benefits and theory behind cemented carbide usage, including factors that contribute to improved roll life. |
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Best Practices to Implement Complete Revamping of Obsolete Plants
Marco Capitanio (pictured), commercial manager, and Roberto Migliorati, logistics and quality assurance, Automazioni Industriali Capitanio (AIC), Odolo, Italy (marco.capitanio@aicnet.it, roberto.migliorati@aicnet.it)
This work examines the revamp of ORI Martin – Ceprano Rolling Mill, and describes how a state-of-the-art automation system can modernize an existing plant, ensure a reduction of costs and increase safety, efficiency and reliability. |
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Process Control and Automation Systems Advancements for Reheat Furnaces
Geoffrey R. Hurd, proposal manager — electrical and automation, and Jared Kaufman, vice president technical services, Tenova Core, Coraopolis, Pa., USA (ghurd@tenovacore.com, jkaufman@tenovacore.com); Hsi Chi Wu, project manager, Gerdau Long Steel North America, Midlothian, Texas (hsi.wu@gerdau.com); Jim Ward (left), process and technology manager, Gerdau Long Steel North America, Baldwin, Fl., USA (jward@gerdauameristeel.com); and Eliseo Rodriguez (right), vice president — operations, Adaptive Resources, Carnegie, Pa., USA (eliseo.rodriguez@
adaptiveresources.com)
An advanced reheat furnace level 2 control system can provide significant quality and efficiency improvements over conventional level 2 systems. This work presents a description of recent developments in reheat furnace automation technological advancements and discusses the operational results. |
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Premium Quality Rails
Loris Maestrutti, executive vice president, Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche SpA, Buttrio, Italy (l.maestrutti@danieli.it), and Luca Gori, vice president — sales, medium and heavy section mills, Danieli Morgårdshammar, Buttrio, Italy (l.gori@danieli.it)
High-speed and heavy-haul lines require the development of new railway technologies. This work introduces the rail market trends and the process solutions developed by Danieli to build a modern rail mill.
High quality, accuracy and speed are critical to a successful automation system. This work presents new automation technologies developed by KOCKS, along with an analysis of market trends and test results. |
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Technological Innovations for the KOCKS 3-Roll Reducing and Sizing Block
O. Dewald, G. Ullrich and M. Kruse
High quality, accuracy and speed are critical to a successful automation system. This work presents new automation technologies developed by KOCKS, along with an analysis of market trends and test results. |
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Bar Code Identification of SDI Bars
David L. Anderson, metals industry manager, InfoSight Corp., Chillicothe, Ohio (dla@infosight.com)
This paper discusses the general evolution of laser-marked tag identification for bars, and the core technologies to automatically laser print and apply laser-marked tag identification to these bars. |
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