LONG PRODUCTS BULLETIN - SMS Meer GmbH

New order
Southwest Siberian Metallurgical Plant Novokuznetsk, a company
of the EVRAZ Group, modernizes its production facilities
for heavy sections in the city of the same name. To achieve
this, the plant operator has placed an order with SMS Meer,
Germany, for the supply of a new universal mill for rails and
other sections. To set up Russia’s most advanced rail and section
mill, the production with the old equipment will only be
stopped for four months. Thereafter, the steel company will
be able to produce 100-m-long rails.
As the largest rail producer in Russia, the customer intends to manufacture
the rails with state-of-the-art processes which meet all
current needs. Therefore, rail rolling operation will be modernized
with a comprehensive program. By using our new rolling methods
and advanced mill stand concepts, the productivity, flexibility and
availability of the plant will be increased. In addition to that, topquality
finished products can be produced.
6 Newsletter 1/2011
Long-product Mills
Universal mill for Novokuznetsk
Russia’s most modern rail mill
Two-high reversing roughing stand in CCS® design. Use of a laser profile gage.
Altogether, 1.3 million t of sections per year. The new mill with
a total capacity of then 1.3 million t of sections per year is scheduled
to go into production in October 2012. 950,000 t of the annual
production are rails, including 400,000 t with a maximum length
of 100 m. Such long rails can be used for high-speed rail tracks or,
with hardened rail heads, also for high axle loads on heavy goods
trains. In addition, the new mill produces beams, channels, rounds
and sections.
Latest CCS® technology in the rolling mill
Upgrading is realized in several sub-projects. For the rolling area
of the section mill, SMS Meer supplies the rolling technology, the
complete mechanical and electrical equipment and the automation
system. The latest CCS® stands will be used in the universal
mill. This stand type is characterized by high rigidity, hydraulic roll
gap adjustment and fully automated stand changing devices. With
the tandem reversing rolling group, it is possible to produce not
only rails but also beams and channels in the universal rolling
process. This cost-efficient beam production is performed by
means of our proven XH® reversing rolling method.