Morgan Construction Co., Worcester, Mass., is commissioning its first bar reducing/sizing (BRSM) mill installed in China. Designed and built by Morgan, the new mill was installed late last year at Echeng Iron & Steel Co., Ltd., in Echeng, Hubei Province, P.R. China.

The new mill, which will produce specialty steel products for rounds, rebar and flats, is designed to provide high-precision tolerance and thermo-mechanically rolled products. The Bar RSM will also provide single-family rolling for enhanced rolling schedule flexibility, high-output efficiency, and high quality bar. Morgan also provided Echeng with a controlled cooling line with the Morgan Temperature Control System (METCS) and full Bar RSM control system.

The new mill produced more than 500 tonnes of 25-, 28- and 32-mm bar during the first three days of start-up at the rolling temperature of 870°c. In addition, the mill achieved the guaranteed tolerance of 0.1 mm ovality for both 25- and 28-mm products during the same period.

The mill was designed at Morgan's Worcester headquarters and was manufactured at Morgan's USA and Chinese manufacturing divisions.