Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Start-up of 5m plate mill: Siemens commission plate rolling mill at Xiangtan Iron & Steel

In October 2010, Siemens VAI Metals Technologies started up the finishing stand in the new plate rolling mill for the Chinese steelmaker Xiangtan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd, having successfully rolled the first plate on the roughing stand in September. Siemens supplied a fully integrated mechanical, electrical and automation solution. The plant will produce up to 2.0 million tons per year at maximum finished width of 4.8 m. The 2 stand hot mill is designed to produce traditional plate grades, high strength plate grades such as X80 and ultra thick plate (350 mm) from heavy ingots.

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