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Siemens to Supply Plate Mill for Canadoil Plate
07/24/2008 - Siemens VAI Metals Technologies will supply equipment to Canadoil Plate for a new 5-meter plate mill in Thailand.
Canadoil Plate Ltd. Has placed an order with Siemens VAI Metals Technologies to supply equipment for a new 5-meter plate mill in Thailand. The order value is a three-digit-million-euro figure.
Designed mainly for the production of plates required in manufacture of high grade pipe, pressure vessels and structural steels for the energy industry, the new heavy plate rolling mill will be able to roll finished widths of up to 4.9 meters.
For the new plate mill, Siemens will supply a high-pressure descaler and a finishing mill stand with a maximum rolling force of 10,000 tonnes, including a hydraulic roll gap control system and SmartCrown work roll bending and shifting system. Siemens will also supply a Mulpic intensive cooling system with a pre-leveler, hot plate leveler, shearing line and cold leveler. In addition to the mechanical equipment supply, Siemens will also provide engineering for all the remaining roller tables, cooling beds, transfers and basic engineering for the required utilities, as well as all electrical equipment and the automation system, including sensors.
The roll stand is driven by two cylindrical-rotor synchronous motors using Sinamics SM 150 DC link converters with a rated output of 28 MVA. The automation system includes basic automation, the technological control systems and process automation as well as the HMI system and a higher-level production planning and control system (level 3). This solution supports all production methods for modern steel grades such as Plan View Control, thermo-mechanical and nested multiple-plate rolling, which will help Canadoil to increase the productivity of its rolling mill. The system can be flexibly adapted to changes in the range of products or the quality requirements, and also plans and ensures a smooth flow of materials along the entire production process – from takeover of the slabs to delivery of customer-specified steel plates. All the components and systems used are part of Siroll PM, Siemens’ integrated solution for plate mills. Siemens is also responsible for commissioning and customer training.
The new heavy plate rolling mill is scheduled to start operating in 2010.
Located in Bangkok, Thailand, Canadoil Plate Ltd. is part of the Canadoil Group, a leading manufacturer of components for the energy industry including main transmission pipelines for the oil and gas industry as well as specialty piping components for the power and water treatment industries. The Group specializes in the manufacture of a particularly wide range of pipes and fittings with diameters from 1/2 to 120 inches in all types of ferrous and non-ferrous materials. Canadoil also manufactures static equipment such as pressure vessels, reactors, filters, heat exchangers, launcher receivers and slug catchers and all of the prefabricated piping spools and modules required to create large scale industrial plants in the petrochemical, power, water treatment and mining industries.
The Siemens Industry Sector (Erlangen, Germany) is a leading supplier of production, transportation and building systems. The Sector comprises six Divisions: Building Technologies, Industry Automation, Industry Solutions, Mobility, Drive Technologies and Osram. In fiscal 2007 (ended September 30), Siemens Industry generated sales of approximately EUR40 billion (pro forma, unconsolidated) with around 209,000 employees worldwide.
With the business activities of Siemens VAI Metal Technologies (Linz, Austria), Siemens Water Technologies (Warrendale, Pa.), and Industry Technologies (Erlangen, Germany), the Siemens Industry Solutions Division (Erlangen, Germany) is one of the world's leading solution and service providers for industrial and infrastructure facilities. Using its own products, systems and process technologies, Industry Solutions develops and builds plants for end customers, commissions them and provides support during their entire life cycle.
