TPi November 2016

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Groundbreaking ceremony unveils new tube pickling plant

that Sandviken remains an important part in our forward direction.” Almost all tubes produced in Sweden pass through the pickling process step, which makes the new plant an important investment that will help ensure the stability and quality of tube production. The plant will be equipped with the latest technology and will be designed to provide a safer working environment and environmentally friendly processes. Sandvik Materials Technology – Sweden www.smt.sandvik.com

broken for the first time to mark the beginning of construction of the new building. A custom-made shovel was produced for the occasion, and the first dig was a joint effort between Christina Anttila, project manager; Michael Andersson, head of product area tube; Ulrika Silver, supply manager tube; and Petra Einarsson, president of Sandvik Materials Technology. Ms Einarsson commented, “This investment is very positive for Sandviken. It strengthens our position globally and, at the same time, confirms

Sandvik held a ceremony in June, at its headquarters in Sandviken, Sweden, to commemorate a major investment in a new pickling plant for hot flow processes in tube manufacturing. Construction of the plant was set to begin immediately, and the new pickling line will be up and running by the end of 2017. The new facility will cover 6,000m 2 . Around 50 people were invited to take part in the event, in which the ground beneath the location of the new pickling plant was symbolically

Final acceptance issued for modernised bar mill

also responsible for construction and commissioning. The bar mill processes billets of carbon steel and low alloy grades with a square cross-sectional area of 140 x 140mm, a length of 12m, and a weight of 1.8 metric tons. The final products are rebars with diameters of between 10 and 50mm, and rounds with diameters ranging from 14 to 50mm.

suppliers. For the modernisation of the bar mill, Primetals Technologies supplied two new type RR564 housing-less Red Ring roughing stands with a horizontal configuration. The scope of supply also included couplings, drive spindles and spindle supports. The centreline of the rolls can be varied between 480 and 730mm, and the roll barrels are 850mm long. A new gearbox was also installed on one stand. Stand change parts, a motorised device for roll change operation, and the on-board electrical equipment for the stands completed the scope of supply. Primetals Technologies was

HES Hennigsdorfer Elektrostahlwerke GmbH, a company in the Riva Group, has issued Primetals Technologies with the final acceptance certificate for a modernised turnkey bar mill in Hennigsdorf, in the German state of Brandenburg. The modernisation project included replacing two existing stands in the roughing mill with new Red Ring stands, which do not have housing. This solution requires less space and has greater rigidity, to enable consistently narrow product tolerances to be achieved. The new stands also have larger rolls. This increases the stability of the process and allows multi-strand operation. Primetals Technologies received the order in May 2015, and commissioning took place during a scheduled plant shutdown at the turn of the year 2015/16, with industrial rolling restored in January. HES is one of three production locations that the Italian Riva Group has in Germany. The plant converts raw scrap metal provided by Riva Stahl GmbH into steel products, which are then marketed by Riva Stahl GmbH. The range of products includes continuously cast billets, reinforcement steel and bright steel, which is mainly supplied to the automotive industry and its

Primetals Technologies Ltd – UK www.primetals.com

HES Hennigsdorfer Elektrostahlwerke GmbH – Germany www.rivagroup.com

Two Red Ring rolling stands from Primetals were installed on the HES mill

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