November 20, 2008

Shougang’s new CR mill started production

It is reported that Beijing based Shougang Corporation successfully produced the first coil on its new pickling line & tandem cold rolling mill on November 8th 2007.

The width of the strips from this line is between 800mm and 1,900 mm in thickness range of 1.6mm to 6 mm. The annual production will be around 1.8 million tonnes with strip widths up to 1,870 mm and final strip gages between 0.2mm and 2.5 mm. Shougang plans to produce the very latest steel grades, such as deep drawing qualities for the automotive industry and multiphase steels from this mill.

The facility was supplied and commissioned by SMS Demag and their supply scope included the tension leveler, the ASC side trimmer with scrap chopper, the latest generation of turbulence tank pickling technology with a pickling process model and the five stand tandem cold mill in CVC plus®, six-high technology (with ESS mode and AIO design), provision for later installation of an Edge Drop Compensation system as well as a carrousel reel and all necessary ancillary equipment. Furthermore, SMS Demag is supplying a modern strip inspection line, tailor made for the particular requirements of continuous quality assurance for automotive sheets. The maximum pickling rate is 230 meter per minute and the maximum rolling speed is 1,400 meter per minute.