ANDRITZ receives final acceptance for cold rolling mill from Ansteel Group, China
International technology group ANDRITZ has received final acceptance for the single-stand S6-high reversing cold rolling mill supplied to Ansteel Group Xichang Steel & Vanadium Co., Ltd.
The mill is designed to produce strips of Advanced High Strength Steel (AHSS) and titanium alloy.
With an annual capacity of 260,000 tons, the cold rolling mill is able to produce strips with a maximum width of 1,520 mm and thicknesses ranging from 7.0 mm to 0.3 mm. The project also included the advanced ANDRITZ shape:tronic system, an automation solution, a complete coolant lubrication system, and a self-contained fume exhaust and oil-separator system.
During the commissioning phase, ANDRITZ supervisors and specialists made every effort to achieve optimal rolling and technological performance. They also provided substantial support for the roll grinding process to ensure the highest quality grinding of the work rolls. Ansteel Xichang expressed strong satisfaction with the performance and the dedication shown by ANDRITZ.
To date, ANDRITZ has supplied four single-stand S6-high cold rolling mills in China, to Baosteel, Tisco, Shougang Jingtang, and Ansteel Xichang. The Ansteel Xichang installation is the country’s first combined mill for steel and titanium with two different sizes of roll sets.
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ANDRITZ’s S6-high cold rolling mill at Xichang site
ANDRITZ GROUP
International technology group ANDRITZ provides advanced plants, equipment, services, and digital solutions for a wide range of industries, including pulp and paper, metals, hydropower, environmental, and others. Founded in 1852 and headquartered in Austria, the publicly listed group employs about 30,000 people at 280 locations in over 80 countries.
As a global leader in technology and innovation, ANDRITZ is committed to fostering progress that benefits customers, partners, employees, society, and the environment. The company’s growth is driven by sustainable solutions enabling the green transition, advanced digitalization for highest industrial performance, and comprehensive services that maximize the value of customers’ plants over their entire life cycle. ANDRITZ. FOR GROWTH THAT MATTERS.
ANDRITZ METALS
ANDRITZ Metals is – via the Schuler Group – one of the world’s leading suppliers of technologies, plants and digital solutions in metal forming. The product portfolio also includes automation and software solutions, process know-how and service. In the metals processing segment, the business area offers innovative, sustainable and market-leading solutions for the production and processing of flat products, for welding systems and furnaces with its own burner solutions, as well as services for the metals processing industry.