STEEL + TECHNOLOGY 01/2020 EXTRACT

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and contributions in support of the welfare
of neighboring communities – SMS India
Pvt. Ltd. was recognized as the best in
class of German manufacturing companies
in India. The VDMA award honors the
company’s excellent order processing performance,
in particular, the company’s
high dependability, straightforward communication
channels, and excellent welding
skills.
Operating with an integrated quality
management system, the workshop produces
high-grade equipment components
to global quality and delivery reliability
standards. With over 700 skilled staff, the
workshop – in addition to the manufacturing
of components – also performs extensive
repair and refurbishment services for
its customers, promoting the “Make in
India” initiative established by the Indian
government.
• SMS group
JAPAN
Yamato Steel orders laser measuring system
For its Kokyo section mill, Yamato Steel
has ordered a PROgauge light-section
system from TBK Automatisierung und
Messtechnik GmbH, Graz, Austria, a
company of SMS group.
The laser gauge will be designed to measure
a wide range of medium and heavy
sections, including H-beams and channels.
The system will also include the SurfTec
surface analysis function to detect on-line
surface defects in the hot condition directly
after the last mill stand. This allows inline
detection of defects originating from the
rolling process or from defective material,
securely rules out the risk of processing
defective material, and drastically reduces
the frequency of manual inspections. The
gauge combines two functions, shape and
size measurement and surface analysis,
within one unit. The high scanning rate and
the great number of measuring points
allows the surface to be represented in 3D.
The gauge for Yamato Steel can be retracted
from the mill line into a service position.
Due the space restrictions, the device will
be lifted vertically from the pass line. The
new gauge is scheduled to start operation
in December 2020.
• SMS group
TBK supplied a similar gauge to Nucor
Yamato Steel, USA, a joint venture
company between Yamato Steel and
Nucor (Picture: SMS group)
SOUTH KOREA
Daehan Sinpyeong
completes bar mill revamp
South Korean Daehan Steel has issued
SMS group the FAC for the new quenching
and high-speed delivery lines supplied
by SMS group two months ahead
of the original schedule.
Since more than 50 years!
The main target of the bar mill modernization
was to reduce the ferro-alloys content
in the billets in order to reduce the
Water cooling boxes of the rebar
quenching system (Picture: SMS group)
CRANEFRIGOR –
AC-unit for severe duty
conditions works.
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