French Rod Mill Upgrades Coil Handling System
01/15/2016 - French stainless steel wire rod producer Ugitech has awarded a final acceptance certificate on upgrades to the compacting and coil handling system in the company’s rod mill, according to the supplier, Primetals Technologies.
According to Primetals, the project entailed installation of a new vertical compactor and an unloading station designed to allow the automatic loading of loose coils from a floor-mounted cradle onto a vertical compacting system.
"The previous horizontal compacting system was slow as well as ineffective and did not provide the necessary coil package for efficient downstream processing," Primetals said in a statement.
"The novel solution also includes a special feature located after the shot blast process, which delivers a denser coil package prior to compacting. The system is fully automatic without a dedicated operator, where forklift drivers simply drop off loose coils at a loading station and pick up compacted coils from an unloading station."
Primetals said the new system is capable of processing a 1.1-ton coil without scratching and tying four wire bindings every two minutes. It has a variable compactor force range of 2 to 20 tons.
Ugitech annually produces more than 200,000 tons of stainless steel long products, including bars, wire rods and wires. Part of the Schmolz + Bickenbach Group, the world's largest manufacturer, processor and distributor of special steel long products, Ugitech has seven producing and processing plants in France, Italy and Germany, Primetals said.
"The previous horizontal compacting system was slow as well as ineffective and did not provide the necessary coil package for efficient downstream processing," Primetals said in a statement.
"The novel solution also includes a special feature located after the shot blast process, which delivers a denser coil package prior to compacting. The system is fully automatic without a dedicated operator, where forklift drivers simply drop off loose coils at a loading station and pick up compacted coils from an unloading station."
Primetals said the new system is capable of processing a 1.1-ton coil without scratching and tying four wire bindings every two minutes. It has a variable compactor force range of 2 to 20 tons.
Ugitech annually produces more than 200,000 tons of stainless steel long products, including bars, wire rods and wires. Part of the Schmolz + Bickenbach Group, the world's largest manufacturer, processor and distributor of special steel long products, Ugitech has seven producing and processing plants in France, Italy and Germany, Primetals said.
