SeverCorr Cold Mill Now Operational
06/07/2007 - SeverCorr has successfully started up its new five-stand tandem cold mill — one of only four cold mills in the United States coupled to a pickle line, and the only one capable of producing coils up to 72-inch wide.
SeverCorr announced that the cold mill is now operational at its facility in Columbus, Miss. The five-stand tandem cold mill is one of only four cold mills in the United States coupled to a pickle line, and is the only one capable of producing coils up to 72-inch wide.
The new cold mill features a closed-loop flatness control system for improved strip profile, closed loop automatic gauge control (AGC) for superior gauge performance, CVC work rolls for enhanced shape control, and an advanced emulsion system to ensure excellent strip cleanliness. Cold mill operations also include the batch anneal furnaces and the temper mill, which have also been successfully started up, providing SeverCorr the ability to produce both full hard and fully processed cold roll.
Wagner said, “As impressive as the technology behind our cold mill is, the real power comes when we combine that equipment with the team working on this line,” said Mike Wagner, SeverCorr’s Chief Commercial Officer. “Our cold mill team has over 120 years combined experience. It is their steel expertise together with the most modern equipment that will allow us to exceed our customers’ expectations.”
Of the new line’s total annual capacity of over 1.2 million tons, 650,000 tons will be used to produce cold roll products including commercial (CS), drawing (DS), deep drawing (DDS), interstitial-free ultra-low carbon (IF-ULC) and micro-alloyed (HSLA) grades of steel, as well as full-hard products. The mill’s additional capacity will be substrate for the facility’s galvanizing line, which will come on-line in third quarter of 2007.
The cold mill is the second major production area to come online at SeverCorr following the launch of the pickling line earlier this year. Other production areas, including the hot mill and galvanizing line, will be brought into production in coming months as construction is completed.
SeverCorr was formed in 2003 to design, engineer, build and operate a state-of-the-art steel facility to service growing manufacturing opportunities in the Southern United States. In October of 2005, SeverCorr broke ground on a next-generation steel mill near Columbus, Miss. When complete in the third quarter of 2007, the plant will produce 1.5 million tons of high-quality steels a year for use in the automotive, building, agricultural, pipe & tube, and appliance industries. The company is situated on a 1400-acre mega-site that has been designed to accommodate production partners and related manufacturers onsite.
