WCA January 2019

Industry news

NISCO orders Kocks RSB ® 5.0 including TMR equipment

CHINESE state-owned company Nanjing Iron & Steel Co Ltd (NISCO) has placed an order with Friedrich Kocks, Germany, for the supply of a RSB ® 500++/4 in 5.0 design, including roll shop equipment and supervision services. Owing to the full process responsibility within this modernisation scope, Kocks is also responsible for the thermo-mechanical rolling process including five water boxes and full automation package. NISCO was founded in 1958 and ranks among the 40 largest steel producers in the world at around ten million tons per year. It has been operating a Kocks reducing and sizing block in its small bar mill since 2013. To consolidate and further expand its market share in the SBQ market, NISCO decided to also modernise its 800,000t/a medium bar mill with the latest Friedrich Kocks technology. The RSB ® 500++/4 will operate as the finishing unit for the production of straight bars within a dimensional range from Ø50 to Ø160mm. The low temperature rolling process will be applied for sizes up to Ø130mm. The commissioning is scheduled for the end of 2019. Friedrich Kocks GmbH & Co KG – Germany Website : www.kocks.de

❍ Shake on it…The order with Kocks is placed by Nanjing Iron & Steel Co Ltd

Expanding high-capacitance foil annealing capacity in China Guang Xi Zheng Run New Material Technology Co Ltd has placed an order with Ebner to expand its existing bell annealer facility. The contract that was concluded between the two partners includes three HICON ® workbases employing 100 per cent argon as a process atmosphere, two heating bells and one cooling bell. As with previous orders, the facility is designed for a charge of 28 strip coils with outside diameters up to 715mm. The expansion phase started production in December last year. Ebner Industrieofenbau GmbH – Austria Website : www.ebner.cc

❍ Bell annealer facility for high-capacitance foil

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