According to SMS group, the project focused on the exit section as well as on the drive motors at stand Nos. 2 to 4 and the mechanical drives, including the spur gear-pinion gear units, motor couplings and drive spindles. 

At the exit section, a new tension reel with drive motor was installed and the Ward-Leonard converter was replaced.  
The work was carried out during a 42-day outage, and the project has increased rolling speeds and strip tensions, the company said. 

“After the successful commissioning, PAO Severstal now has a completely renewed and state-of-the-art tandem mill enabling full exploitation of the maximum rollable strip width of 1,850 mm,” SMS group said.