LONG PRODUCTS BULLETIN - SMS Meer GmbH

Commissioning
Stahlwerk Annahütte with new cut-to-length group
Faultless bars at any diameter
Stahlwerk Annahütte, Germany, the oldest existing steel pant
in Europe, is pleased about a new versatile and needs-based
cut-to-length group from SMS Meer fully meeting the demands
of the manufacturer of high-quality steel bars.
Constant quality
The new cut-to-length group has been put into operation in
the bar mill at the Hammerau site in Southern Germany.
Ralf Becker, Head of Hot Rolling Mill Divi-
sion at Annahütte: ”The shear works flaw-
lessly and we have had good experiences
working with bars with very different diam-
eters cut.”
The cut-to-length group comprises a pinch
roll unit and a combined drum-type/twocrank
shear as well as a scrap deflector and
is able to cut round bars with temperatures
up to 1,000 °C. For threaded bars i.e.
rebars with a ribbing designed as thread,
the temperature is approx. 200 °C and the
maximum tensile strength of the bars is
1,800 N/mm2 .
High requirements met
The shear operates optionally as crank
shear or as rotary shear with knife arms
and cuts round bars with diameters from
12 to 50 mm.
The new shear unit prior to delivery.
”The machines supplied by SMS Meer are
highly versatile and exactly meet our high
requirements which we are having as supplier
of the automotive and tool manufacturing
industry. These bar steels are suited
for numerous applications and range from
alloyed and non-alloyed steels for casehardened
steel grades up to and including
steels for springs, chains and ball bearings.
The range also includes Q & T, cold upsetting
and cold working steels,” Ralf Becker
stresses.
Newsletter 1/2011
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