TPT January 2008

C oating, J acketing & Galvanizing Technology

tons. It is equipped with turbulence-tank pickling technology and possesses five four- high stands. The plant is claimed to be the world’s most powerful coupled pickling line and tandem cold mill, with high drive power ratings and a rolling force of 35 MN per stand. All stands operate with CVC plus ® technology, with the final stand being fitted with multi-zone cooling and the dry-strip drying system. The facility is equipped with the ‘Rotary Inspect’ inline inspection line, to enable quality control during production. The strip processing lines comprise the hot- dip galvanising line and a combined hot-dip galvanising line and continuous annealing line, each with integrated skin-pass stands, a recoiling and inspection line and two packaging lines. A noteworthy feature is the wide range of materials, from mild to high-strength grades, which are processed into galvanised strip with GI and GA grades. Three acid regeneration plants allow the pickling acid to be fed back completely into the system.

Advanced galvanizing, annealing and pickling technology

SMS Demag AG, Germany, will supply a host of comprehensive equipment and machinery to the Magnitogorsk Metallurgical Combine (MMK), Russia, due for startup in 2009 and 2010. This equipment will be supplied to secondary metallurgical facilities, and includes a set of cold strip units with a coupled pickling line and tandem cold mill, and strip refining plant and equipment.

The supply scope comprises a ladle furnace with two treatment stations, a duplex RH- top facility, a deslagging stand and two ladle treatment stations. The facilities will also be used for producing pipe and shipbuilding steels, which are to be processed in the 5m heavy plate mill. The cold rolling stage consists of a coupled pickling line and tandem cold mill with an annual capacity of approximately 2 million

11_2006 4c Az 180x125 18.10.2006 16:57 Uhr Seite 1 Socotherm offers pipe-coating services worldwide to the oil and gas industry, from external/internal anticorrosion coatings to concrete weight coating and thermal insulation. The group specialises in thermal insulation for the deepwater sector. Socotherm Group – Italy • Fax : +39 0426 901 055 Email : info@socotherm.com • Website : www.socothe m.com Coatings expert launches new Italian marine base Socotherm Group has officially opened the new Modica-Pozzallo (Ragusa) marine base in Sicily, Italy, a pipe coating plant for offshore market service. The new marine base – aimed at the Mediterranean/North Africa regions – includes an outside area of 128,000m 2 and a covered area of approximately 12,000m 2 where internal and external anticorrosion/thermal insulation (deepwater) coating plants have been erected. A concrete weight coating plant and double joint fabrication rack will also be installed.

SMS Demag AG – Germany Fax : +49 211 881 4386 Website : www.sms-demag.com

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LOECO-INDUSTRIEANLAGEN GmbH & Co. KG Blötter Weg 141 D-45478 Mülheim a.d. Ruhr Germany Telefon +49 208 5 89 81 -0 Telefax +49 208 5 89 81 -24 loeco@t-online.de www.loeco.de

The most advanced manufacturing techniques and highest quality materials are utilized to ensure uncompromising parts and performance. Automatic Pipe Galvanizing Experience of long-standing and the supply of more than 100 galvani- zing plants to numerous countries around the world, guarantee the best know-how and engineering. We design and supply hot dip galvanizing plants of all kinds for structural parts and bulk goods and in particular for pipes and tubes. Galvanizing Equipment with ■ Fume Control automated single-pipe-transport Pickling Line ■ Efficient Dipping/ Extracting/ Cleaning System for better Coating Thickness Control ■ Acid Recovery and Flux Preparation

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