Rusmet reported that in June this year UMMC plans to launch a longitudinal cutting line at Kirov Non-Ferrous Plant. The plant will have completed the third stage of the Program on providing modern process of super-fine radiator strips, as soon as the cutting line is started-up.
At the moment the representatives of the supplier, German Company Burghart+Scmidt, along with the team of Kirov plant are engaged in the commissioning works, and are adjusting synchronization of all elements of the line. The line is equipped with the modern automatic control systems that make it possible to cut super-fine strips of 0.025 mm with high-accuracy and min. cutting width of 10 mm. Maximum cutting speed is to be 400 meters per minute. Moreover the line will pack the coils as per the European Standards.
Mr Alexander Luzhbin Deputy Chief Engineer of KNFP said “The financial turmoil turned the market capacity into significant drop that led to the higher competition in the metallurgy. Upon receiving an advanced casting & rolling complex the plant intends to gain its competitiveness owing to the effective operation and customer-oriented rolled goods.”
It should be noted that within the framework of the Program on providing modern process of super fine radiator strips, Kirov Non-Ferrous Plant has already put a vertical continuous strip caster into the test operation; a high speed cold-rolling mill of Danieli-Frohling is soon to be started-up and they’ve begun construction and installation of continuous annealer of Otto Junker. All the equipment is German. Annual capacity of a new complex is 11,000 tonnes of rolled products. Overall investments exceed EUR 22 million.
UMMC commenced the program “To ramp up the output of flat products” at Kirov Non-Ferrous Plant in 2004. They have been proceeding with implementing the through technology from casting to rolling strips of 0.025 mm. The technology guarantees high quality and productivity along the complete flow-sheet of fabricating, less metal losses and low costs.
(Source: Rusmet.ru)
