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Kocks RSB with upgraded design

Vardhman Special Steels signs order for RSB

in the roughing and intermediate mill, significantly reducing the number of required feeders. Any desired finished dimension from the entire dimensional range can be rolled with a small number of roll sets and minimum stand changes. The setting values for motor speeds, rolls and guides, as well as gear ratios, are calculated by Kocks’s Bamicon rolling configuration program, according to the desired end product. The block will feature an advanced safety cover, presented at METEC, including upgraded casing parts. Commissioning of the RSB is scheduled for the end of 2024. Friedrich Kocks GmbH & Co KG www.kocks.de Vardhman Special Steels Ltd www.vardhman.com

Vardhman specialises in the production and distribution of special steels. Incorporated in 1973, the steel producer is based in Ludhiana, Punjab, India, and serves industries such as engineering, automotive, tractor, bearing and allied industries with high-quality steel products. The existing rolling mill consists of a modern reversing mill followed by two-high stands in H/V arrangement,

The Indian steel producer Vardhman Special Steels and the rolling mill equipment supplier Friedrich Kocks signed a contract for the supply of a reducing and sizing block type RSB® 370++/4 in 5.0 design at METEC 2023 in Düsseldorf, Germany. The block will be part of Vardhman’s SBQ rolling mill in Northern India and will expand the technological possibilities in the production of special steels at this site.

and produces approximately 200,000 t/a SBQ in straight bars within a finished size range of Ø 20 to 90mm onto the cooling bed. The project will integrate a new RSB 370++/4 in 5.0 design as finishing block. The scope of supply includes the equipment for the roll shop. The new thee-roll block will allow the Indian steel producer to roll from a single pass family

The signing ceremony at METEC 2023

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