New Siemens Wire Rod Mill to Boost Capacity for Chinese Quality Steelmaker
09/26/2012 - Siemens VAI Metals Technologies will supply the Weiyuan Iron & Steel Company, Ltd with a new wire rod mill to expand annual production by 650,000 tons per year.
Siemens VAI Metals Technologies will supply the Weiyuan Iron & Steel Company, Ltd with a new wire rod mill to expand annual production by 650,000 tons per year. The new mill of the carbon products manufacturer will be located in Lianjie Industrial Park in Weiyuan, Sichuan. Built in collaboration with CISDI Engineering Co., Ltd., the project is expected to start up in the spring of 2013.
The new mill for Weiyuan Iron & Steel will include a prefinishing mill, 8-stand No-Twist Mill, 4-stand Morgan Rod Reducing/Sizing Mill, and Morgan High Speed Pinch Roll and Laying Head designed and supplied by Siemens VAI. In addition, Siemens is designing Morgan Shears, Morgan Stelmor conveyor and reform area for the quality steelmaker. The mill will produce rods that are 5 mm to 25 mm in diameter. The new equipment is designed to reach speeds of 112 meters per second.
High speed wire rod mill from Siemens:
The largest privately owned iron and steel making company in Sichuan Province, Weiyuan Iron & Steel Company, Ltd. has an annual crude steel production capacity of 2 million tons. It is a subsidiary of Sichuan Tranvic Group and is part of the Chuanwei Group Co., Ltd., a conglomerate founded in 1929 that ranks among China’s top 500 companies today.
