According to SMS group, the new mill will replace the plant’s existing bar mill, a 17-year-old line that entered service in 2005. The order includes a new walking beam furnace, a multi-strand straightening machine with automatic bar positioning and feeding device, a cold saw to be used with either abrasive or metallic disks, and a rotating-arms automatic magnetic stacker with four independently operating 4-m sections. 

“The whole plant will be controlled by the X-Pact automation system, SMS group’s level 1 and level 2 solution. This holistic approach aims to integrate the company’s many years of experience in automation into the rolling process, with the goal of maximizing the plant’s performance,” SMS group said in a statement. 

SMS group has more details on the project here.