KOCKS to Supply the Largest Integrated Steel Mill in ASEAN with 3-Roll Reducing & Sizing Block
04/19/2013 - The Taiwanese Formosa Plastics Group has contracted German company FRIEDRICH KOCKS GmbH & Co KG to supply a 3-roll reducing and sizing block in heavy duty design (RSB) for their Vietnam-based subsidiary Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Corp.
The Taiwanese Formosa Plastics Group has contracted German company FRIEDRICH KOCKS GmbH & Co KG to supply a 3-roll reducing and sizing block in heavy duty design (RSB) for their Vietnam-based subsidiary Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Corp.
Formosa Plastics Group, with some 100 affiliate companies and about 100,000 employees worldwide, is the largest private enterprise in Taiwan.
The RSB will be installed in the combined wire rod and bar mill of the new integrated steel mill project in the Vung-Ang Economic Zone of the Ha Tinh Province. This is located 410 km south of Hanoi City and 1300 km north of Ho-Chi-Minh City. With a total production capacity of 15 million tonnes per year, this will be the largest integrated steel mill in the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) region.
The 370 mm heavy duty RSB will be operated as a finishing block in the new 600,000 tonnes per annum rolling mill for special bar qualities downstream the 16-stand roughing and intermediate mill. The RSB is equipped with four stand positions and designed for controlled rolling at low temperatures down to 750°C. The 3-roll block rolls round bar in coils within the range from 20.0 mm Ø to 55.0 mm Ø.
The RSB allows rolling out of only one pass series with just 5 feeders from the roughing and intermediate mill. Due to the “free-size” rolling capability any desired finished dimension within the complete dimensional range can be produced in any desired sequence with a minimum number of roll sets and just a few stand changes. The optimum adjustment values for motor speed, rolls and guides as well as gear steps are calculated by the bar mill configuration system BAMICON in relation to the final product.
Besides the RSB with the automatic quick stand changing system, the scope of supply comprises the bar mill configuration program BAMICON and the remotely controlled adjustment of pass and guides of the 3-roll stands in the mill line as well as the roll shop with quick roll change and CAPAS, the computer aided system for accurate adjustment of rolls and guides in the stands. The supervision of erection, commissioning and the training of customer personnel completes the contract package.
Implementing the 3-roll heavy duty RSB into their new wire rod and bar mill Formosa Ha Tinh Steel will have at hand the most advanced tool for the production of top quality SBQ.
