Rolling mill technology

SMS Group, Düsseldorf, Germany, has started up the new aluminum cold rolling mill at Bao Wu Aluminium Technology in China at an early stage.

Tenova SpA has successfully commissioned the roll grinding machine and roll shop equipment for JW Aluminum’s new hot rolling mill in Goose Creek, USA.

Amag Rolling GmbH has awarded Primetals Technologies an order to modernize the four-high cold rolling stand at its site in Ranshofen, Austria.

The first aluminium hot strip coil was rolled on the Elval Halcor high-performance production line at the Oinofyta plant near Athens.

Fimi Spa has signed a contract with Alcomet AD in Shumen, Bulgaria, for the supply of a new slitting and cut-to-length line.

Coast Aluminum has successfully started up a new cut-to-length line at its US facility in Kent, Washington. The line was supplied by Andritz Herr-Voss Stamco Inc and processes 0.25” x 72” wide stainless steel and aluminium and has an incoming coil capacity of 20,000 lbs.

SMS group has replaced two existing plate-type filters with new Multi-Plate filters at Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products in Grevenbroich. The filters are used for the cleaning of rolling oil from aluminium foil production. The new filters of types MPF 3-13 and MPF 3-16 assure high efficiency in rolling oil cleaning.

A new equipment improves quality, productivity and availability for Constellium Singen´s whole range of added value Aluminum rolled products

Aludium, supplier of aluminium solutions for the distribution and industrial market in Europe, has appointed Lionel Chapis as the company's new Chief Executive Officer, effective March 1, 2020. Chapis, who most recently served as Managing Director, Automotive Solutions, at Constellium, brings over two decades of experience in the aluminum industry to this new role. Oliver Bell, who has served as Interim Chief Executive Officer, will support Chapis during the transition period through March and then continue in his role as member of the Board of Directors and Operating Partner of Atlas Holdings, which owns Aludium.

Tenova and Chalco Ruimin Co. have officially signed the Final Acceptance Certificates for a continuous annealing and chemical pre-treatment line for processing aluminium strip coils. The aluminium lines have been installed at a new plant in the Fuzhou Economic Technical Development Area on China’s south-eastern coast. The two new lines process automotive and aerospace industry grade aluminium alloys (series 5xxx, 6 xxx and 7 xxx), with strip width ranging from 1,000 up to 2,200 mm and thickness ranging from 0.5 up to 4 mm.

SMS group has received an order from Constellium Rolled Products Ravenswood, LLC, USA, for the modernization of the 112-inch finishing mill exit end of its aluminium hot strip mill. This modernization project covers the replacement of two ‘constant passline’ coilers with a single fixed position coiler. The aluminium hot strip mill is a key production unit at Ravenswood and is essential for providing hot rolled coils for further processing by the cold rolling mills. This revamp will provide Constellium with improved equipment reliability and reduced equipment downtime.

Mino SpA of Alessandria in Italy reports record order backlog for the past twelve months. With a wide range of contracts ranging from two-stand hot mills, cold rolling and foil mills, heat treatment lines and slab scalpers in its portfolio, Mino is a true global player in the rolling mill equipment market.

Primetals Technologies has received an order from Ulsan Aluminium Ltd to supply new automation technology to the company’s hot rolling mill and cold rolling mill no. 2 in Ulsan in the southeast of Korea. Both rolling mills will be equipped with new technological control systems based on a new automation platform. The new automation technology will improve the reliability and availability of the rolling mills. The modernization of the two rolling mills is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2018.

Henan Mingtai Al. Industrial has granted SMS group the final acceptance certificate for the new aluminium cold rolling mill established at the Gongyi location in China. The company started the regular operation soon after a short and efficient commissioning and ramp-up phase.