Combined wire rod and light section mill completed
SMS Meer GmbH, Germany, a world leader in the construction of plants for the steel, aluminium and copper industries, has successfully modernised the bar and wire rod mill at Elbe-Stahlwerke Feralpi GmbH, Germany. After a plant stand-still of only four weeks, the mill went back into production. An output of 1,600 tonnes per day was achieved even in the first week of production after the first plant stand-still. The primary aims of the modernisation of the mill, that was originally erected in 1995, were greater flexibility and an increase in the rolling speed to maximum 105m/s.
The SMS Meer scope of supply essentially comprised the delivery of two cantilever roll stands, a four-stand wire rod block and a six-stand wire rod block, as well as a water cooling section, pinch-roll units and loop laying head up-line of the existing loop cooling conveyor. The company also provided training and supervision of the erection, as well as commissioning of the mill. The mill will produce rebars up to 32mm � and wire rods up of 5.5mm �.
