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Tianjin Pipe Commissions SMS Meer-Supplied CONTIROD Plant
10/26/2009 - Tianjin Pipe commissions its second CONTIROD CR 3500 continuous copper wire rod plant in July 2009. The plant, with an annual capacity of 150,000 tonnes of rolled wire rod, was supplied and erected by SMS Meer.
Chinese copper wire producer Tianjin Pipe Corp. commissioned its second CONTIROD CR 3500 continuous copper wire rod plant in July 2009. The plant, with an annual capacity of 150,000 tonnes of rolled wire rod, was supplied and erected by SMS Meer, Mönchengladbach, Germany.
The new CONTIROD plant, which SMS Meer says was commissioned within 17 months after signing of the contract, was installed in the immediate vicinity of the first line that was commissioned in 2001. It has a casting capacity of 25 tonnes per hour with a casting cross-section of 5400 mm² and a casting speed of about 10 m/min. The standard finished size is 8.0 mm diameter.
The plant consists of a shaft-type melting furnace and a 20-tonne holding furnace. The CONTIROD plant is equipped with a Hazelett twin-belt caster and a continuous rolling mill of 12 mill stands with individual drives, as well as modern electrical equipment for automatic process control to ensure wire rod quality. Variable-frequency, three-phase ac motors were chosen for the main drives of the fans and the mill. The line is claimed to be one of the most cost-effective of its kind.
The investment is part of Tianjin Pipe’s strategy to expand production capacities in an attempt to increase its market share in the copper wire rod market. The copper wire rod is intended for both the domestic market and for export.
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 the two business areas SMS Siemag and SMS Meer. In 2008, some 8900 employees worldwide generated a turnover of more than EUR 3.6 billion.
