TPT November 2024

TUBE MILLS & ROLLFORMING LINES

High capacity hot strip mill commissioned by SMS group at Jindal Steel Odisha

primary descaler, roughing stand No. 1 in 2-hi design with attached edger, roughing stand No. 2 in 4-hi design also with attached edger, transfer bar cooling system, HIBOX ® heat preservation hoods, mandrel-less coilbox, edge heating equipment, drum shear, secondary descaler, a seven stand finishing mill, laminar cooling and three downcoilers. SMS’s integrated business unit AMOVA supplied a coil conveying system, coil strapping machines, marking machine and an inspection line. In the roughing mill section, slabs with 12m length maximum, a thickness range from 180 to 260mm and a width range from 800 to 1,680mm are rolled down to transfer bar thickness. The range of hot strip thicknesses is 1.20 to 20mm. In total, JSOL’s HSM is designed for an annual capacity of five million tons. The range of steel grades that to be

processed is very wide. These include sophisticated grades such as HSLA, pipe grades and silicon steels. The share of harder material grades is more than 20 per cent. Furthermore, very thin strips can be rolled reliably and stably. This is possible by implementation of various innovative rolling technologies. Finishing mill – the seven-stand finishing mill in 4-hi design is equipped with hydraulic adjustment systems, hydraulic loopers and latest generation CVC ® plus combined work roll shifting and bending systems. Also part of the supply was the X-Pact ® Profile, Contour and Flatness process model (PCFC ® ) being able to cope all requirements in terms of producing high sophisticated products with an exceptional wide range of properties and dimensions.

SMS GROUP has put the new high capacity hot strip mill (HSM) at Jindal Steel Odisha Ltd (JSOL) successfully into operation. To JSOL’s satisfaction, the erection and commissioning of the plant took place in record time. SMS implemented the new HSM in the Angul works of JSOL in the Indian federal state of Odisha. This is the first hot strip mill at this location. JSOL is a subsidiary of the OP Jindal Group. The company has had a long co operation with SMS, because SMS has already supplied several metallurgical plants to the Indian steel producer. Based on this, JSOL placed an order with SMS in 2021 for the erection of a 1,780mm HSM, to be equipped with the world’s most advanced technologies in the field of hot strip production, especially when it comes to rolling of hot strip to thin final gauges. SMS’s main scope of equipment included the

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Conform™ Extrusion Technology for Refrigeration & Capillary Tube Continuous extrusion from a single aluminium rod The Continuous Rotary Extrusion (CRE) machine converts a single aluminium rod (9.5mm or 12.0mm Ø) into finished round or multi-port tube in various sizes to customer specifications. BWE’s patented Induction Heated Tooling System enables the machine to continuously extrude aluminium tube with a very thin wall thickness (down to 0.35mm). Small Capillary Tubes are also possible.

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