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Yichang Three Gorges Orders Anneal Lines from SMS Siemag
05/13/2011 - Hubei JiangZhong Machine Manufacturing has placed an order with SMS Siemag to supply all plant components for two annealing lines being provided to Yichang Three Gorges Quantong.
Hubei JiangZhong Machine Manufacturing Co. Ltd. has placed an order with SMS Siemag, Germany, to supply all plant components for two annealing lines being provided to Yichang Three Gorges Quantong Co. Ltd. For the first time, SMS Siemag has also been awarded the local project portion.
SMS Siemag has been setting up manufacturing and assembly capacities in China over the last several years to handle orders of this magnitude. "The costumer benefits from placing the supply of the local portion in the hands of SMS Siemag in that he will obtain an integrated top-quality plant from one source", said Markus Meier, Vice President SMS Siemag Strip Processing Lines in China.
For each of the two lines, SMS Siemag’s shops in China will manufacture and install two payoff reels, the cleaning section, two skinpass mills (for wet and dry operation), the inspection stand, flying shear and two tension reels as well as three horizontal strip accumulators. All rolls or rollers, bridle roll sets, coil cars and side guards also will be provided by the SMS locations in China.
The two annealing lines are part of a cold rolling complex that is currently under construction near the Three Gorges Dam in Hubei Province. They will be capable of reliably processing ultra-thin strip (down to 0.14 mm) at high constant process speeds (600 meter/min), while maintaining high quality standards. Processing will include recrystallization annealing and subsequent post-treatment to set the mechanical properties and surface quality in a controlled way. Both lines will process 350,000 tonnes/year of ultra-thin sheet, which will then be electroplated and used as packaging material.
During handling of this order, the manufacturing and assembly location SMS Siemag Metallurgical Equipment in Wujin will be assisted by SMS Siemag Strip Processing Lines Shanghai and SMS Siemag Technology Wuhan Branch. SMS Siemag opened the Wujin location, around 150 km west of Shanghai, in October 2008. Since then, the facility has manufactured and assembled plant components for various strip processing lines supplied by SMS Siemag.
