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III. CHARACTERIZING THE HOT MILL: A. Type of Hot Mill: B. End Product Dimensions: ____ Conventional Hot Strip Mill 1. Nominal Width: _____ in. ____ Coupled to a Thin Slab Caster (CSP) 2. Minimum Width: _____ in. ____ Steckel Mill 3. Maximum Width: _____ in. ____ Plate Mill 4. Minimum Thickness: _____ in. ____ Aluminum sheet Mill 5. Maximum Thickness: _____ in ____ Other, specify: ____________ 6. Maximum Length / Plate: ____in. C. Mill Supplier: ____________ D. Describing the Mill: Section If Single Section: Rougher Intermediate Finishing Reversing (Yes/No) No. of Stands Configuration Mill Motors & Drives (HPs) E. Start up year: ____ F. Characterize most recent major upgrade of facilities: 1. Supplier: ____________________ 2. Year: _____________ 3. Scope (describe): ___________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ G. Annual Production of Mill: 1. Production Capacity: _________ (000) tons 2. 2002 Production: _________ (000) tons 3. 2003 (Projected) Production: _________ (000) tons 4. What share of Hot Mill production is further processed on-site ____ % H. Is this mill a bottleneck to overall production Yes / No 1. Comment: _____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ I. Primary products of Mill 1. End Products ( Indicate Typical distribution of 100% production!) ____ Hot Band/ Strip ____ Coil Plate ____ Discrete Plate ____ Skelp for Pipe ____ Other, specify: _______________ 2. Grades: ___ Carbon ___ Stainless ___ Other, specify: _____________ J. What is the gauge (thickness) range (inches) do you expect or want to be rolling five years from now (1) Low/Medium Carbon (2) High Carbon, HSLA a. Minimum b. Maximum NORTH AMERICA HOT Strip & Plate Mill MARKET STUDY July 8, 2003 Page 2
K. What are your target quality levels in relation to ASTM quality standards for gauge, profile and flatness Aspect of Quality (1) Full (2) ¾ (3) 1/2 (4) 1/4 a. Gauge b. Profile c. Flatness L. Products 1. Do the final products include the automobile exposed outer panel Yes / No a. If yes, what is share of total annual production a. ____ % b. _____ Tons b. Indicate automobile manufacturer’s served by this production ______________ _____________________________________________________________ M. Do you plan on rolling API (X70, X80, X100), dual phase or trip steels in the future Yes / No If YES, indicate “X” which type and timetable: a. API b. Dual Phase c. Trip Steels N. Comment: _______________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ IV. Fundamental Priorities, Problems Of The Mill A. What are the fundamental priorities of this operation Distribute 10 points among the top 3: 1. Improve product quality: ___ 2. Reduce costs: ___ 3. Increase Production ___ 4. Improve productivity ___ 5. Environmental concerns ___ 6. Safety: ___ 7. Other, specify: ____________ _ ___ B. What is the relative priority as far as investments in the Hot Mill __Cost Reduction vs __Increasing Tonnage (Distribute 10 points among these two alternatives!) NORTH AMERICA HOT Strip & Plate Mill MARKET STUDY July 8, 2003 Page 3
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