LONG PRODUCTS BULLETIN - SMS Meer GmbH
LONG PRODUCTS BULLETIN - SMS Meer GmbH
LONG PRODUCTS BULLETIN - SMS Meer GmbH
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48 Newsletter No. 1/2009<br />
Long-product mills<br />
For heavier and larger steel sections<br />
Stahlwerk Thüringen orders<br />
new roughing stand<br />
New order<br />
The old roughing stand.<br />
Responding to an order from Stahlwerk<br />
Thüringen <strong>GmbH</strong>, a company of the Spanish<br />
Grupo Alfonso Gallardo, <strong>SMS</strong> <strong>Meer</strong> will supply<br />
a new roughing stand for the long-product<br />
mill in Unterwellenborn. This powerful rougher<br />
will replace the existing breakdown stand<br />
which no longer meets today’s requirements<br />
owing to the heavier and larger sections<br />
which the customer has added to the mill’s<br />
product spectrum. Commissioning is scheduled<br />
for December 2010.<br />
The new mill stand will be designed for a<br />
rolling force of 10,000 kN and will have a<br />
drive power of 4,400 kW. Further special<br />
features include automatic roll-gap opening<br />
in case of overload, partly automated axial<br />
shifting of the top roll for groove or pass<br />
adjustment and facilitated roll changing.<br />
In addition to the new roughing stand, the<br />
modernization scope includes the renewal<br />
of the whole drive train, the work roller tables,<br />
the sideguard manipulators and the<br />
complete electrical and automation equipment.<br />
On this rolling mill which <strong>SMS</strong> <strong>Meer</strong> supplied<br />
in 1985 Stahlwerk Thüringen <strong>GmbH</strong><br />
produces more than 200 different steel<br />
sections. The long-product mill has an annual<br />
capacity of over 900,000 t.<br />
The finishing mill modernized in 2003 with our<br />
patented CCS ® mill stands in tandem arrangement.