| Morgan Construction Co, USA, a designer and producer of high-quality rolling mill products and services for the metal industry world-wide, has received a contract from Sider�rgica A��n, SA of La Coru�a, Spain, to design and build a new single-strand rod outlet. The high-speed mill, which is to be added to A��n's existing bar mill, will be capable of producing rod at 105m per second and 90 tonnes per hour for the production of wire rod and rebar. Mr Steve Briggs, sales director, Morgan-Europe, who announced the contract, commented: �As part of the contract, Morgan will supply the Spanish mill with an eight-stand heavy reduction capacity No Twist� Mill (NTM) incorporating enhancements to the drive arrangement to facilitate ease of maintenance, increase functionality and machine life�.
The mill will be equipped with the company's HYQST tempered martensite process for producing rebar in coil from 5.0mm and comprising water boxes with split type opening nozzles, intermediate pinch rolls and Morgan Enhanced Temperature Control System (METCS). In addition, the mill will have a high-speed laying head with Morgan patented tail end control, a seven-zone Stelmor� controlled cooling system, a reform station incorporating the company�s patented ring distributor system and the latest modular horizontal coil handling system with high-speed wire binding compactor. Morgan will also supply the automation for the coil handling and compactor.
Morgan Construction Co continues to grow and expand with new steel technologies. The company has designed and installed more than 450 rod, bar, and billet mills in more than 40 countries around the world. Since introducing its patented RSM in 1994, the company has installed 35 strands of post-No Twist Mill� finishing blocks, of which 23 include RSMs.
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