TPCO Yuantong Stainless Steel Ware Corp., Ltd., P.R. China, has ordered a second 20-high cold rolling mill from SMS Demag AG, Germany.

The new 20-high cold rolling mill will process hot rolled 300 and 400 series stainless steel strip (annealed and pickled), meeting the highest requirements for strip surface quality. The MB 22B-53 series Monoblock mill will roll strip up to 1300 mm wide with a 6 mm maximum entry thickness down to a final thickness of 0.3 mm. Total installed drive power of 12,500 kW will facilitate a maximum rolling speed of 800 meters/minute.

SMS Demag’s scope of supply includes design and manufacture of the mechanical and electrical equipment as well as supervision of erection and commissioning.

The new mill — the next step in TPCO Yuantong’s expansion program — will increases the facility’s annual production capacity by an additional 80,000 tonnes of high quality stainless steel strip.

SMS Demag AG forms part of the Metallurgical Plant and Rolling Mill Technology Business Area of the SMS group. SMS GmbH is the holding for a group of companies internationally active in plant construction and mechanical engineering relating to the processing of steel, non-ferrous metals and plastics. The group is divided into the Business Areas of Metallurgical Plant and Rolling Mill Technology, Tube, Long Product and Forging Technology and Plastics Technology. In the year 2004 some 9,500 employees worldwide generated a turnover of about EUR 2.20 billion.