WCA January 2022

Industry News

Baowu Aluminum processes first hot coil Baowu Aluminum Technology Co, Ltd’s continuous annealing and chemical pre- treatment line, supplied by Tenova for processing strip coils for the aluminium market, produced its first hot coil at the end of August 2021. Baowu began assembling the line in November 2020, and cold and hot tests were performed from May 2021.

believe Baowu Aluminum will become an important player also in aluminium rolled products in the near future.” Tenova’s portfolio of technologies for the aluminium industry includes aluminium heat treatment and aluminium melting and recycling, with the scope to supply clients with cutting-edge solutions for this market. Tenova www.tenova.com carbon roadmap British Steel has pledged to invest in a range of technologies to deliver net-zero steel by 2050, and significantly reduce its CO 2 intensity by 2030 and 2035. The com- pany outlined its plans in a “Low-Carbon Roadmap” – in line with the UK’s commit- ment to the Paris Agreement – which will see the business adopt a science-based target in order to validate its reductions. British Steel chairman Huiming Li, who is also CEO of parent company Jingye, said, “We firmly believe our products can play a central role in transitioning to a low-carbon, circular economy and we have ambitious plans to reduce the carbon intensity of our operations, with solutions that are globally recognised and accepted.” The company’s efforts to decarbonise the business are already underway, with projects being implemented to improve environmental performance. For example, the amount of scrap used in the integrated steelmaking route has been increased, with plans to further increase this by 2023, and the company is progressing the use of hot briquetted iron (HBI) and scrap in the iron making process. To help achieve its net-zero targets, British Steel will use a range of techniques and innovations, including assessing and adopting technology options such as carbon capture and storage, hydrogen, increasing scrap utilisation and electric arc furnace steelmaking. Steel product innovation will promote the material benefits toendusers, for example through lightweighting and life extension. British Steel Ltd https://britishsteel.co.uk British Steel unveils low-

Tenova’s team at Baowu Aluminum’s plant in China

The Chinese special steel producer Henan Jiyuan Iron & Steel Co, Ltd (I&S) has placed an order with Friedrich Kocks GmbH & Co KG for a reducing and sizing block (RSB®) 500++/4 for its big bar mill. Following the successful installation and operation of two Kocks RSBs in 2008 and 2020, Jiyuan I&S decided to order a third three-roll block from Kocks – an RSB Cimteq Ltd Wire and cable design and manufacturing software expert Cimteq, together with automation software providerWonderware by Aveva, has applied its 20+ year pedigree to developing CableMES. Investing in a manufacturing execution system enables manufacturers to monitor, control and The new line represents an important milestone for the company, allowing it to open up the production process of aluminium coils and enter the domestic automotive market. The contract for the supply of the line was signed in 2018. “Despite the hurdles posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, Tenova Technolo- gies Tianjin fully exploited the capa- bilities and competence of its team in Paramount Die Paramount Die is a major supplier of carbide wire dies to the global wire drawing industry. The wire die systems developed by Paramount contribute to faster wire drawing speeds and improved wire quality and productivity. The company’s Paraloc is a widely used pressure die system. The company also works to promote sustainability by having customers return their used carbide dies to be remanufactured in its fully automated mass production process. Read the full story in the March issue

500++/4 for the production of medium and large SBQ products. The largest RSB from Kocks is part of Jiyuan I&S’s new big bar revamping project in the Henan province, and will finish most flexible and all straight bar sizes of Ø 50 to 160mm onto the cooling bed. The new RSB is also suitable for the thermomechanical rolling process. In addition to the RSB, the scope of supply includes the roll shop for preparation of the three-roll stands and three-roller guides; the advanced bar mill configurator Bamicon Octopus; and supervision services. Commissioning of the RSB is scheduled for the second quarter of 2022. Friedrich Kocks GmbH & Co KG www.kocks.de China and managed to successfully carry out the commissioning on schedule, allowing the project to enter the hot run test in a short time,” said Du Zheng, commissioning manager for the project. The line has a high level of automation combined with a simple process, leading to a short production cycle and high efficiency. This results from Tenova’s efforts to enhance the design and the manufacture of its supply to maximise line availability. The line follows another project run by Pomini Tenova for the same client. Baowu signed the final acceptance certificate for a work roll grinder and a combination roll grinder, which both met the requirements of process accuracy and surface quality. “The cooperation between Pomini and Baosteel has been lasting for 20 years,” said Frank Li Yanwei, senior business manager, Tenova Ind Tech (Beijing) Co Ltd. “Currently, a total of 114 roll grinders are operating in the Baowu Group as key equipment for strip quality. We

Steel producer committed to Kocks three-roll technology

execute real-time cable production. Read the full story in the March issue

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