NLMK Upgrades Hot Rolling Mill at Lipetsk Production Site
10/28/2014 - NLMK Group has completed an upgrade of its continuous wide-strip hot-rolling Mill 2000 with a capacity of 5.7 million metric tons of rolled steel per year.
The project included an upgrade of the roll-out table, the equipment used to transport hot-rolled steel from rolling mill stands to the coilers. Investment into the project totaled approximately RUB 800 million.
New technical solutions helped create an integrated speed rate control system, increasing the mill’s productivity by almost 45,000 metric tons per year; as well as significantly improving the surface quality and mechanical properties of rolled steel. The use of new materials provided a four-fold increase of the operational reliability of the main elements of the new roll-out table, as well as a 50% reduction of its maintenance costs.
Konstantin Lagutin, NLMK Group vice president for investment projects, said: “The project completed at the hot-rolling mill is part of our Strategy 2017 initiative devoted to increasing operational efficiency. The financial benefits of the project are the result of increasing product quality; enhancing productivity and reducing maintenance costs.”
New technical solutions helped create an integrated speed rate control system, increasing the mill’s productivity by almost 45,000 metric tons per year; as well as significantly improving the surface quality and mechanical properties of rolled steel. The use of new materials provided a four-fold increase of the operational reliability of the main elements of the new roll-out table, as well as a 50% reduction of its maintenance costs.
Konstantin Lagutin, NLMK Group vice president for investment projects, said: “The project completed at the hot-rolling mill is part of our Strategy 2017 initiative devoted to increasing operational efficiency. The financial benefits of the project are the result of increasing product quality; enhancing productivity and reducing maintenance costs.”
