According to SMS, the mill boosts the company’s cold strip capacity by 435,000 tons annually and complements a single-stand reversing cold mill that was installed in 2015. 

The new mill, which is capable of producing strips in thickness of between 0.2 and 2 mm, is equipped with SMS’ X-Pact electrical and automation systems and an X-Shape flatness measuring and control system.

“The high-grade finished strip produced with this technology is wound into coils at both tension reels with the support of belt wrappers. Devices for quick work and intermediate roll changes reduce idle times, contributing favorably to the productivity of the mill,” SMS said in a statement.