TPT January 2024

INDUSTRY

SMS group to supply cold rolling mill to LatemAluminium in northern Spain

products in the region of northern Spain. A melting plant for aluminium scrap that the Spanish manufacturer recently acquired has already started operation. A total of about 2,000 new jobs are expected to be created. The new cold rolling mill, coupled with expertise from SMS, will support LatemAluminium in bringing tailor-made aluminium products to market. The six-high mill, equipped with SMS group’s developed CVC ® plus technology for work roll and intermediate roll shifting, combined with further actuators for flexible and precise roll gap setting, will be fully capable of producing cold strip in widths of up to 2,200mm. The mill comes with fully automatic coil and spool handling for efficient operation. SMS group supplies a fully harmonised mechatronic plant solution,

incorporating the mechanical equipment and the proven modules of the X-Pact ® electrical and automation systems that are specifically dedicated to the process of aluminium rolling. The scope of supply further includes auxiliaries such as the rolling oil recovery system and the CO 2 fire extinguishing system. The advanced rolling technology is in line with LatemAluminium’s commitment to the environment. SMS group will supply a Multiplate ® filter to clean the used rolling oil. An Airwash™ system that recovers rolling oil for economic and ecological reuse cleans the exhaust air. The first coil is scheduled to be produced on the new aluminium cold rolling mill in April 2024.

SMS GROUP, and Spanish aluminium manufacturer LatemAluminium, have announced a partnership to bring about sustainable aluminium production in the province of Castilla y León in northern Spain. During the Aluminium trade fair in Düsseldorf, Macario Fernández, CEO of LatemAluminium, and Michael Schäfer, executive vice-president flat products of SMS group, jointly presented the circular economy project for aluminium. For the ambitious new project in the aluminium market, SMS supplies a state-of-the-art aluminium cold rolling mill including ancillary facilities for environmentally friendly and sustainable plant operation. The cold rolling mill is part of LatemAluminium’s major investment project to install plants for recycling aluminium and aluminium alloys and production facilities for aluminium

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