Cogne Acciai Speciali, Italy, has contracted Danieli for the supply of a new state-of-the-art finishing line for its special steel bar mill. The company’s goals for the new mill are to maximize plant efficiency, material yield and final product quality.

The new line will process stainless steel round bars in sizes ranging from 18 to 105-mm diameter as well as equivalent squares and hexagons, collected in up to 3-tonne regular bundles, at rates of up to 50 tonne/hour.

Danieli’s scope of supply will include a new 42-meter rake-type cooling bed with feeding and delivery tables, cut-to-length, bundling and collecting facilities plus associated electricals and automation system. A dedicated project execution schedule will enable installation of the new facilities with a very limited plant outage.

Plant restart after modification is scheduled for end August 2006.