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1. To effect Cost Reduction for the Hot Mill, distribute 10 points among the 3 most important priorities! a. Maintenance Costs __ b. Energy Costs __ c. Direct Labor Costs __ d. Increase yield __ e. Reduce unplanned outages or delays due to process automation performance or rolling practice error __ C. What are the major three issues that are preventing you from reaching or exceeding… 1. Target production levels a. _______________________________________________ b. _______________________________________________ c. _______________________________________________ 2. Target quality levels a. _______________________________________________ b. _______________________________________________ c. _______________________________________________ D. HOT MILL PROBLEM In answering the next four questions, specify the specific area (i.e., F - Furnace, RM -Roughing Mill area, FM - Finishing Mill area, SC - Strip Cooling area, C/F - Coiling area/Finishing area, and RS - Roll Shop), U - Undisclosed (Where the most serious problem occurs and describe that problem!) 1. Are you having any problems in the Hot Mill in terms of strip/plate quality, productivity, yield, and maintenance (repeat “a,b,c” as needed on back) a. Specific Area (if possible) ____ b. The strip/plate problem: ______________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ c. If quality problem, rank the following items 1-5 in order of the most recurring material defect/ rejection. (1 being the worst): (1) Gauge: __ (2) Shape: __ (3) Scale: __ (4) Other surface defect (other than scale): __ (5) Material properties: __ 2. Regarding any of the above problem, would you need outside help YES / NO E. Comment: ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ NORTH AMERICA HOT Strip & Plate Mill MARKET STUDY July 8, 2003 Page 4
VI. Characterize Reheat Furnaces - A. * P - Pusher WB -Walking Beam Furnace Designation Type* Original Supplier Start-up Year Length Width Recouperator YES /NO 1. Total Design Capacity of Reheat Furnaces: ___ Tons / Hour a. Are you operating at or above design capacity Yes / No 2. Frequency of Reline __ Monthly, __ Quarterly __ ½ Year __ Year __Other, specify: ______________ 3. Types of furnace skids __ Water Cooled __ Alloy __ Other 4. What share of skids are insulated ____ % B. Furnace Combustion System: 1. Fuel Consumption: _______MMBTU/Ton 2. What is your main firing fuel __________ a. What are your stand-by fuels ____________________________________ NORTH AMERICA HOT Strip & Plate Mill MARKET STUDY July 8, 2003 Page 5
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