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Siemag to Provide Slab Grinding Machine for Outokumpu Stainless Oy

12/23/2008 - Outokumpu Stainless Oy, Tornio, places order with Siemag for a grinding machine designed to grind slabs at temperatures of up to 800°C.

Outokumpu Stainless Oy, Tornio, Finland, recently placed an order with Siemag for a grinding machine designed to grind slabs at temperatures of up to 800°C.
 
The new slab grinding machine is an essential component in the modernization of the company’s existing Tornio production facility for the production of high-grade special steels. It will be capable of grinding special steels of the grades AISI 2xx, 3xx, 3xxTi, and 4xx. It will process slabs with a maximum slab weight of 31 tonnes at temperature of up to 800°C.
 
The grinding system will be arranged immediately downstream of the continuous casting plant. A roller conveyor will deliver slabs to the grinding machine then transport the ground slabs on to the hot rolling mill.
It will be fitted with a grinding gear that enables the use of grinding wheels with an outer diameter of 915 mm and a width of 150 mm. The grinding angle can be continuously varied between 90° and 45°.
 
The new slab grinding machine is scheduled to go into operation in 2010.
 
Siemag, Netphen, a company of the SMS group, supplies individual logistics solutions for hot and cold rolling mills processing steel and nonferrous metals, packaging lines for coils and sheet/plate packs as well as high-pressure grinding systems for blooms, billets and slabs.
 
The SMS group is, under the holding SMS GmbH, a group of companies internationally active in plant construction and mechanical engineering for the steel and nonferrous metals industry. It consists of the two Business Areas SMS Demag and SMS Meer, which jointly form SMS metallurgy. In 2007, some 8000 employees worldwide generated a turnover of about EUR 3.0 billion.