Process Lines
Includes galvanizing, tinning, coating, blanking and all other types of process lines.
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Fives’ New High-Flux Magnetic Induction Technology
25 May 2015 - Fives, a global industrial engineering group that designs and supplies process technologies to various industries, has developed a new generation of reheating furnace inductors with reduced operational costs and minimized NOx emissions.
Pragmatism and Amusement Bookend the 2015 Excellence in Hot-Dip Galvanizing Awards
19 May 2015 - The American Galvanizers Association (AGA) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2015 Excellence in Hot-Dip Galvanizing Awards.
Houghton International Resurrects Its Popular Industry Periodical for Sesquicentennial Anniversary Issue
12 May 2015 - Houghton International Inc., a global leader in metalworking fluids, is bringing back its popular industrial periodical, The Houghton Line, to celebrate the company’s 150th anniversary.
Valmont Coatings Division Wins the Prestigious "Lifetime Achievement Award" in Hot-Dip Galvanizing
06 May 2015 - At its recent Annual Meeting, the American Galvanizing Association (AGA) awarded Valmont's Coatings Division top honors in four Excellence Categories associated with the hot-dip galvanizing process. More than 100 projects from galvanizers from around the world were submitted to a panel of architects and engineers to be judged in 14 Categories.
ARCEO launches a 60 million EUR investment in Belgium with a breakthrough coating technology
05 May 2015 - ARCEO, a joint venture from ArcelorMittal and Sogepa (Société de Gestion et de Participations) is investing 60 million EUR in the construction of an innovative coating line at Kessales (Liège) in Belgium.
Schwartz: Three Hardness Zones in the Same Blank
05 May 2015 - At the Thermprocess trade fair, Schwartz will be premiering two innovations developed in-house for the press hardening of sheet metal: tailored tempering with a "thermal printer" produces different hardness zones in the part, while a dew point control system for the air atmosphere of roller-hearth furnaces reduces the risk of oxygen-induced embrittlement.
Dover Hydraulics Named A.L.B.A. Authorized Service Center for North American Steelmakers
01 May 2015 - Dover Hydraulics has been named the authorized North American service center and parts distributor for A.L.B.A., worldwide provider of steel-making cutting technology based in Genova, Italy.
A.G.T. Revolutionizes Thickness Gauging with Keyence Laser Sensors
21 April 2015 - Advanced Gauging Technologies (A.G.T.), L.L.C. in Plain City, Ohio, is a leading supplier of quality, affordable thickness gauges to the metals industry. The company’s newest gauge, the AGT800 is revolutionizing the way companies measure material by using patent pending laser triangulation technology instead of radioactive isotopes.
SMS Siemag Supplying Continuous Pickling Line to Turkey’s Tezcan
23 March 2015 - Turkish steel service center Tezcan has placed an order with SMS Siemag for the supply of a continuous pickling line.
ThyssenKrupp Implements IDEAL Laser Welder into Existing HDG Line
20 March 2015 - The implementation of a laser welding machine into an existing hot dip galvanizing line (HDGL) a ThyssenKrupp in Germany (TKSE) set an example for IDEAL’s unique solutions.
ArcelorMittal Liege Starts Up Tension Leveler from JP Steel Plantech
18 March 2015 - JP Steel Plantech Co. announced the start-up of commercial operations of an in-line tension leveler for a continuous annealing line to produce super high-strength steel sheet for automotives at ArcelorMittal’s Liege Steel Works in Belgium.
Fives to Supply Two New Processing Line Furnaces to Baosteel Zhanjiang
09 March 2015 - International engineering group Fives was entrusted by Baosteel, the largest automotive steel producer in China, with the design and supply of two Stein Digiflex® vertical annealing furnaces for its new 1550-mm cold rolling mill project in Zhanjiang in southeastern Guangdong province of China.
TimkenSteel and SMS Meer Develop Advanced Q&T Facility
06 March 2015 - TimkenSteel has placed an order with SMS Meer for the design, construction and installation of a complete new heat treatment plant for the company’s Gambrinus complex in Canton, Ohio, USA.
Red Bud to Provide Multi-Blanking Line to Magic Coil Products
02 March 2015 - Magic Coil Products LLC of Butler, Ind., recently ordered a Red Bud Industries’ precision multi-blanking line.
Fives Selected for Five New High-End Automotive Steel Projects
13 February 2015 - Fives, an international engineering group which designs and supplies process technologies to various industries, has been awarded five new processing line contracts for the automotive steel market, making it in this field a dominant equipment provider to steelmakers.
TMW Modifies Expansion Plans to Adapt to New Opportunities
09 February 2015 - The Material Works, Ltd. (TMW) announced today that the unprecedented acceptance and growth of Eco Pickled Surface (EPS) technology has forced reconsideration of its plans to open a flat rolled toll processing center adjacent to the Big River Steel mill being currently under construction. TMW will instead expand the capacity of its present Red Bud, Illinois facility to include a new EPS processing and technology center and associated equipment to process the new generation of higher strength steels.
Ajax TOCCO to Supply Channel Induction Zinc Holding Furnace to Mining Company
04 February 2015 - Ajax TOCCO Magnethermic Corporation received an order from a large mining company in Mexico for one (1) stationary channel induction furnace for holding and maintaining at temperature a bath of molten Zinc.
Butech Bliss and Nelson Steel Selected to Build SDI’s New HCL Pickling Line
03 February 2015 - Steel Dynamics Inc. has awarded Nelson Steel’s Technology Group and Butech Bliss contracts to provide equipment to upgrade the existing hot band finishing line at its Butler, Ind., facility.
The Bradbury Group Introduces the Mini B.O.S.S. Flying Shear
13 January 2015 - The Bradbury Co. Inc. has introduced 24-inch- and 36-inch-wide Mini- B.O.S.S.™ Flying Shears to complement the existing 48-inch model.
The Bradbury Group Introduces CTL Line with Rotary Shear and e-Drive® Leveler
05 January 2015 - The Bradbury Group has introduced a 60” X .070” cut-to-length line featuring a Bradbury e-Drive® leveler and an Athader rotary shear operating at 300 FPM eliminating the need for a looping pit. The line is also equipped with a recoiler giving the ability to rework secondary coils into leveled prime coils.