Wire ROD and SBQ Production with Advanced Technologies

by Guenther Schnell

Publisher - SMS MEER GmbH

Category - General Novel

The challenge of ecological and economic production must be addressed practically to all the world’s markets. The ecological aspect of saving energy and protection of resources is playing an increasingly important role especially in the metals industry. In this respect, plant builders have the responsibility to provide solutions which focus equally on both areas – economy and ecology. This paper introduces the SMS MEER ecoplants concept and its technologies. ecoplants is a new mark for sustainable solutions also applicable to the wire rod and special bar quality production. The revolutionary MEERdrive® concept for wire rod production is one typical ecoplants technology which is appreciated by more and more customer’s world wide. The latest generation of this individual drive technology will be implemented at ArcelorMittal Duisburg-Ruhrort/Germany together with other advanced technologies for most modern wire rod production, offering a wide range of outstanding advantages in comparison to any conventional solution. Another innovative rolling technology is represented by the Precision Sizing Mill (PSM®) for special bar quality (SBQ) production. This advanced 3-roll technology is already appreciated at leading SBQ producers in Germany, USA and China and set with its features a new benchmark in the field of SBQ production technology. The introduced superior technologies of this paper are inventive solutions to follow the todays and future demands of the individual markets. They represent optimal economic and ecologic solutions to stay ahead of competition on long term.

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