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• New automation technology will improve reliability and availability Brazilian aluminum producer Novelis do Brazil Ltda. has commissioned Primetals Technologies to modernize the automation system installed in its hot strip mill in Pindamonhangaba in the state of São Paulo. The existing basic automation will be replaced by a new platform, and the operator control and …
• Production capacity more than doubles • Less than two years to first coil • Final strip thickness down to 1,8 millimeters • Tolerances are further reduced In February, Siemens received the final acceptance certificate for the extension of an aluminum hot strip mill of Novelis Korea Ltd. in Ulsan. The first coil had been …
On June 27, Baosteel Zhanjiang Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. placed an order with SMS Siemag for the supply of a new 2,250 mm hot strip mill. The hot rolling mill is to be built at the new steelworks location in Zhanjiang in the south of China. The high-performance hot strip mill is designed for an annual capacity of …
Together with Aluminium Norf GmbH (Alunorf), located in Neuss, Germany, Siemens Metals Technologies will modernize the complete basic automation of hot strip mill no. 2. This involves converting the initial Simadyn-D-based equipment installed in 1994 to Simatic TDC without disrupting production. Siemens had previously received an order to modernize the main drives. The conversion work …