Primetals Technologies Bags Order for Wire Rod Mill
09/04/2018 - JSW Steel has awarded a contract to Primetals Technologies for a new wire rod mill to be built at the steelmaker’s Vijayanagar works in India.
In announcing the contract, Primetals Technologies said the two-strand mill is being designed to run at 220 tons per hour for a capacity of 1.2 million metric tons annually.
“The mill includes a new design of individually driven pre-finishing mill that eliminates the need for uploopers, a faster cooling nozzle clamping and unclamping method for shorter change times, the latest generation 6 Morgan High Speed Laying Head with SR Series pipe technology, and a recently patented stepless reform design,” the company said.
You can read Primetals Technologies' full announcement here.