SMS Meer Modernizes Rebar Mill at Hmisho
09/17/2010 - SMS Meer has modernized the existing rebar mill at the Hmisho Trading Group in Syria with an EBROS® system for end-less rolling of sections. Overall annual production has been increased by about 5% as a result of this modernization.
SMS Meer, Germany, has modernized the existing rebar mill at the Hmisho Trading Group, Syria, with an EBROS® system for end-less rolling of sections. Overall annual production has been increased by about 5% as a result of this modernization.
Metal yield is also said to have been improved, by 1.5%, through a reduction in the crop-end losses and the number of short bars. A savings in labor is due to the reduction of cobbles and the transport of non-conformant products, according to SMS Meer.
The EBROS® system was developed under license from Steel Plantech, Japan, and is based on the welding technology employed in the construction of tracks for high-speed trains. The technology has now been transferred to steelworks construction.
The billet welding system is used to weld together the hot billets (1100°C) as they come out of the furnace; this process makes “endless rolling” possible. At Hmisho, square billets of 130 mm x 130 mm and 12 m in length are welded, based on a yield of 60 tonnes per hour.
The complete rebar mill with HSD® (High-Speed Delivery) system at Hmisho was supplied in 2007 by SMS Meer. The annual capacity is 350,000 tonnes. The Hmisho plant is the fourth mill to be supplied to Syria by SMS Meer.
SMS Meer GmbH is a company of the SMS group, which is, under the roof of the holding SMS GmbH, a group of companies internationally active in plant construction and mechanical engineering for the steel and nonferrous metals industry. It consists of two business areas: SMS Siemag and SMS Meer. In 2009, some 9000 employees worldwide generated a turnover of EUR 3.9 billion.
