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News items on technologies necessary to ensure the smooth operation of iron and steel mills.
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SMS Group to Build Big River Steel's Eco-Friendly Mill
18 November 2014 - The official ceremony marking the start of Big River Steel’s greenfield steel project on the Mississippi River in Mississippi County, Ark., U.S.A., took place on 22 September 2014.
Oerlikon Leybold to Deliver Record-Sized Vacuum System for Siemens VAI for AHMSA Degassing Plant
31 October 2014 - Siemens Metals Technologies has ordered another mechanical vacuum system from Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum which will be used by end customer AHMSA in Mexico.
APEM Introduces FR Series Hall Effect Thumb Control
31 October 2014 - APEM Inc., a manufacturer of joysticks, trackballs and pushbutton switches, has introduced the new FR Series, a single axis three position Hall effect thumb control designed for material handling and construction applications requiring a reliable device for “change direction” and “gear switching” functions.
Quaker Chemical Develops Fire-Resistant Grease for Hot Mills
21 October 2014 - Quaker Chemical has developed a fire-resistant grease to be used on the roller bearings in hot mills to reduce the amount of slag fires.
ArcelorMittal Ostrava Modernizing Blast Furnace Hot Stoves
03 October 2014 - ArcelorMittal Ostrava is modernizing three hot-blast stoves used for the heating of air blown to its blast furnaces.
NLMK Enhances Efficiency of Blast Furnace Operations
02 October 2014 - NLMK Group, a leading manufacturer of steel and rolled products with high added value in Russia, has upgraded air-blowing equipment used in blast furnace operations in Lipetsk.
Siemens Modernizing Cooling Conveyor for Keystone Steel & Wire
25 September 2014 - U.S. producer Keystone Steel and Wire Co. placed an order with Siemens Metals Technologies to upgrade the cooling conveyors of a two-strand wire rod mill in its Bartonville, Ill., production facility.
Friedrich Kocks to Supply 3-Roll RSB to Chinese Stainless Producer
17 September 2014 - The privately owned Chinese company Taizhou Daming Stainless Steel Co. Ltd. is set to upgrade its existing bar mill with the implementation of a KOCKS 3-roll Reducing & Sizing Block RSB®.
Baotou Steel Calls on Woodings for Two New Hydraulic Distributors
08 September 2014 - Baotou Steel — China's largest steel manufacturer in the northwest area — will install two Woodings-produced hydraulic distributors as part of the company’s upgrade to the No. 4 blast furnace facility in Baotou City, Inner Mongolia.
IMS Systems to Provide Worthington Steel with Three Center Line Thickness Gauges
08 September 2014 - IMS Systems Inc. has received an order from Worthington Steel for three XR X-ray Gauges to measure center line thickness of strip processed in the company’s Cuyahoga Heights, Ohio, plant near Cleveland.
Brighter Unilux LED-12 Leads Second Generation of Handheld Strobe Lights
05 September 2014 - Unilux has introduced the LED-12, the first handheld strobe light in its H2LED Series of second-generation LED inspection lights for the printing, converting, papermaking, metals and textiles industries.
New Cooling Tower Begins Operating at OEMK’s Pellet Plant
04 September 2014 - A cooling tower for circulating water at the pellet plant has been launched at OEMK, part of Metalloinvest.
Process Sensors Introduces Self-Contained Pyrometers for R&D and Industrial Applications
02 September 2014 - Process Sensors Corporation has introduced its newest self-contained pyrometer models, the stand-alone PSC-SR56N Series.
Russel Metals Installs Red Bud Stretcher Leveler Retrofit
01 September 2014 - Russel Metals, located in Mississauga, Ont., Canada, recently installed a Red Bud Industries .250” (6 mm) x 72” (1830 mm) stretcher leveler with SUREGRIP® technology in an existing cut-to-length line at its B&T Steel Division in Stoney Creek, Ont.
GE Power Conversion Helps El Marakby Steel Plant Increase Production
28 August 2014 - GE’s Power Conversion business was chosen by El Marakby Steel in Egypt to supply a dynamic var compensator (DSVC) to reduce the frequency and intensity of power disturbances generated by the electrical arc furnace of El Marakby Steel’s new melting shop.
POSCO Profits from Next Generation Inspection Technology from ISRA VISION PARSYTEC
26 August 2014 - POSCO and ISRA VISION PARSYTEC have forged a successful cooperative venture. ISRA VISION PARSYTEC was awarded the contract to install a SURFACE MASTER inspection system in the POSCO Pohang coupled pickle tandem line.
Emerson’s New Monitoring Program Protects Rolling Mill Drives for Safe Increases in Mill Loads
25 August 2014 - Emerson Power Transmission Solutions is launching a new torque-amplification analysis program for precisely measuring the true torque loads and vibration frequencies experienced by rolling mill drives, as part of a program to help mills process tougher alloys, increase output with thicker slabs or higher speeds, protect against cold-end slabs, or mitigate torsional vibration.
Arnold Machine Builds Successful Custom Automation System for Nucor Steel
21 August 2014 - Arnold Machine Inc. (AMI), a premier full-service designer and manufacturer of industrial equipment and services, has built and successfully implemented a new proprietary automation system for custom fence posts for Nucor Steel.
Overhead Crane Design-Build Company Now Offers In-House Construction of Box Girder Beams
19 August 2014 - Specializing in overhead bridge crane design, build, and installation, Innovated Industrial Services Inc. announces that it has expanded its product line to include construction of box girder beams.
ArcelorMittal Dofasco Selects Quintiq to Optimize Maintenance Scheduling
18 August 2014 - Quintiq, a global leader in supply chain planning and optimization (SCP&O), announced that ArcelorMittal Dofasco Inc. has selected Quintiq’s software platform to optimize maintenance planning and scheduling at its Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, flat rolled steelmaking facility.
