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Siemens to Supply Merchant Bar Mill to BMM Ispat in India
04/30/2012 - Siemens VAI Metals Technologies has received an order from BMM Ispat to supply a new merchant bar mill for its Hospet production location. Commissioning of this rolling mill with an annual capacity of 850,000 tonnes is scheduled for the end of 2013.
Siemens VAI Metals Technologies has received an order from BMM Ispat to supply a new merchant bar mill for its Hospet production location. Commissioning of this rolling mill with an annual capacity of 850,000 tonnes of merchant bar steel products is scheduled for the end of 2013.
BMM Ispat Ltd., the second largest steel company in the state of Karnataka, India, plans to add 2 million tonnes per annum of capacity to the existing facilities at Hospet. The iron ore used stems from the group company's own mines in the region. With the bar rolling mill, the company is expanding its production capacities for structural steels. The new plant is designed for the production of a wide range of end products, including reinforcing steels, round bars, flat and square bars, angles and channel sections. Low- and medium-carbon or low-alloy steel grades as well as spring and free cutting steel can be processed.
For this bar mill, Siemens is supplying the complete mechanical and electrical equipment of the rolling line and the cooling zone as well as systems for bundling and tying up the bars produced. The rolling line will include a six-stand roughing mill in an H-V arrangement including the upstream equipment for loading and unloading the billet heating furnaces and also a six-stand intermediate and eight-stand finishing mill, both in an H-V-C arrangement. The stands of the intermediate and finishing mills will be equipped with quick-change fixtures; after the finishing mill there will also be a quenching system.
The finishing mill and the 102-meter-long cooling bed will be linked by two delivery systems. One of them will be a twin-channel high-speed system and will achieve speeds of up to 25 meters per second. The rolling mill will be supplemented by a finishing shop complete with machines for straightening, bundling, stacking, and strapping the rolling stock. Diverse shear systems along the rolling line and in the cooling zone will round off the mechanical equipment. The scope of supply will also include the process automation (level 2), mechatronic components, the motor control center, and also speed-controlled drive systems for the main and secondary drives including all motors.
Siemens is also responsible for supervising installation and commissioning and for training the customer's personnel.
The project will be realized jointly by Siemens Metals Technologies Italy and Morgan Construction Co. India Pvt. Ltd. (a Siemens VAI Business). The long product specialists from Siemens Metals Technologies Italy will be responsible for the plant design and the delivery of core components. Morgan Construction Co. and Siemens Ltd. India will manufacture parts of the mechanical equipment and will supply the electrical and automation technology.
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