WCA January 2015

Industry news

Mill upgrade will lead to quality increase

The scope of supply comprises the 3-roll reducing and sizing block with automatic quick stand changing system, the roll shop with quick roll change, the mill configuration program Bamicon, and Capas, the computer-aided system for accurate adjustment of rolls and guides of the 3-roll stands. Supervision of erection, comm- issioning and training of customer personnel are also Kocks’ responsibility. Implementing the new 3-roll RSB will enable Daming to reach its target and meet not only current but also future customer requirements. The start-up of the upgraded mill is expected for the end of 2015. Friedrich Kocks GmbH & Co KG – Germany Website : www.kocks.de

block will be implemented as a finishing block in the existing 200,000 t/a stainless steel bar mill behind the 2-high reversing roughing mill and the intermediate and pre-finishing mill consisting of ten 2-high HV stands. The block will roll straight bars in the range from 16 to 100mm diameter with tightest tolerances out of a one-pass family in the upstream mill onto the cooling bed. The 3-roll RSB is dimensioned to operate with four 3-roll stands with 370mm nominal roll diameter. The modular, future-orientated new drive system grants a small footprint in the layout, a drastically reduced oil-lubrication volume and a simplified maintenance schedule. Intelligent engineering leads to reduced hydraulic functions, which ensures a safe and environmentally friendly rolling.

THE privately owned Chinese Taizhou Daming Stainless Steel Co Ltd is upgrading its existing bar mill with the implementation of a Kocks 3-roll reducing and sizing block RSB ® of the latest design. The target for this upgrade is to increase the product quality to meet the customer requirements and to strengthen the company’s market position. Daming’s products are widely applied in many different fields ranging from chemical, manufacturing and food processing to shipbuilding and automotive industry. A stainless steel producer with more than 400 employees, it is located in Taizhou, a prefecture-level city in central Jiangsu Province in eastern China with a population of roughly 4.6 million. The heavy duty reducing and sizing

New web presence for Leibinger

Paul Leibinger is now providing its customers with added value on its new, completely revised website. After being relaunched it is complete with a fresh, new design and clearly focuses on being able to quickly find more information about Paul Leibinger and the company’s variety of products. Easy entrance into the Leibinger product world is possible as of now by the new, clearly structured homepage of the Germany-based specialist for industrial marking and coding systems and verification solutions. With just a click you can get detailed information about continuous inkjet printers, camera verification systems and numbering machines as well as access the ‘news’ area with all of the press releases, news and current trade show appearances. To make searching for new information even easier for new visitors, the marking requirements and solutions for many different industrial areas are explained under the ‘Industries’ menu item, eg, the automotive, plastic, wood or pharmaceutical industry. The Leibinger website relaunch was clearly focused on creating an easy-to-read, user-friendly structure and a fresh, up-to-date design that reflects the innovative technologies of the family-owned company and the modern corporate culture. Visitors are provided with added value by the extensive service and support options, the greatly expanded product

range with a detailed presentation of all JET3 and JET2neo models as well as the likewise expanded amount of information about software and accessories. Numerous application images and the ability to quickly find your individual contact person using the ‘direct contact’ function are just a few further developments that make each visit to the new website even more enjoyable and efficient. Paul Leibinger GmbH & Co KG – Germany Website : www.leibinger-group.com ❍ The new Leibinger website with an up-to-date design and more product information

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