wiredInUSA September 2020

Rod mill benefits from new shears

UK cleats go far afield

Image courtesy of Ellis Patents

Ellis Patents has secured a specification to supply its cable cleats to a pulp and paper producer in Brazil. Metso Brasil specified the UK company’s 2F+ cleats to secure electrical cables in an extension to Suzano Papel e Celulose’s factory in Imperatriz, in the state of Maranhão. Kelly Brown, Ellis’s export sales manager, said: “The success of our export business is built on relatively simple foundations: we thoroughly research any new market and appoint a local distributor prior to even considering commencing sales.” Since launching export sales to Latin America in 2009, Ellis has secured a string of high-profile specifications for its electrical safety products, including most recently an order for its Vulcan+ cable cleats for installation in an $800 million desalination plant in Chile’s Atacama desert.

Image courtesy of Liberty Ostrava

Liberty Ostrava, the largest integrated steel mill in the Czech Republic, has replaced two crop shears with new Danieli units. Installed in a two-strand wire rod mill that produces wire rod of 5.5mm to 14mm diameter, the new crop shears will cut the head and tail ends of the bar before final rolling, helping to eliminate defects. The project was carried out by Danieli Service in close collaboration with Liberty Ostrava’s own project team. Jiri Zboril, head of the wire rod mill at Liberty Ostrava, said: “The innovation has met our expectations so far, and in the future it will also be able to cut wire of higher diameters than we now manufacture. It will increase the rolling speed and, thanks to that, also the productivity of the rolling mill.”

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