TPT March 2013

Industry News

SMS Meer revamps USA steel mill

or in a universal edger for finish-rolling of beams. The new stands of the CCS ® type enable the wide sheet pile production and contribute to increase the productivity and quality of beam production. TheexistingBD1standwill be replaced by a new one with an increased screw- down range for large slabs as well as a higher screw-down speed and accuracy. New features such as breakaway cylinders for overload protection and rolling force measurement as well as high-strength locks provide advanced functionality and reliability compared to the existing stand. Nucor-Yamato Steel, a joint venture between Nucor Corporation and Yamato Kogyo, operates two mills in Blytheville for medium and heavy sections. The steel mill No 1 was originally installed in 1987. The installation of the new equipment is expected to be completed in early 2014.

NUCOR-YAMATO Steel Company in Blytheville, Arkansas, USA, has placed an order with SMS Meer, Germany, for the modernisation and upgrade of its NYS No1 steel rolling mill. SMS Meer supplies the rolling mill equipment which will enable the rolling of wider sheet piling products. The package of SMS Meer includes charging and discharging machines for the reheating furnace, modern primary descaling equipment, a new BD 1 (Break Down) stand and three new CCS ® (Compact Cartridge Stand) finishing stands. The core of the project is a new three- stand finishing mill which replaces the existing universal finishing stand. In addition to the replaced stand, two more stands will be installed in order to provide the required passes for rolling of wide sheet piles. All new finishing stands employ the CCS ® design with hydraulic screw-down, adjustment under load and quick program change in only 20 minutes. The finishing mill can be operated in two different ways: either in two-high mode for rolling of structural shapes TATA Steel at Brierley Hill in the West Midlands, UK, has ordered two SMARTON ® cranes for coil lifting from Scotland–based Konecranes UK Industrial Crane Division. The contract, worth just under £1m, is for the supply of two 32 ton SMTD cranes operating on a 31.8m span and fitted with SMT double girder trolleys with a lift height of 9.5m. The SMT stands for SMT SMARTON ® , which has an intelligent, yet easy-to- use Human Interface to Machine (HIM) system keeping the user continuously up to date on not only the weight of the load but also its position relative to the available workspace. In addition, the crane monitors its own condition and recommends when and what kind of inspection or preventive maintenance should be performed. This way, the

SMS Meer GmbH – Germany Fax: +49 2161 350 1862

Email: info@sms-meer.com Website: www.sms-meer.com TATA Steel UK orders two new cranes

customer can better plan and minimise maintenance shutdowns, thereby maximising uptime and saving costs. Both cranes will also have Konecranes TRUCONNECT Remote Monitoring and Reporting service where the cranes’ performance is being continuously monitored remotely and should anything arise then a Konecranes engineer will automatically be despatched to site, without any request or call from the client. The cranes for TATA Steel will also have Konecranes DynAHoist and DynAC closed loop inverter variable speed control systems, Remox (HIM) and radio control with a spare transmitter. Konecranes UK Fax: +44 1355 263654 Website: www.konecranes-uk.com

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