Xilin Iron & Steel from Heilongjiang Province, China, is increasing its production capacities with a new high-speed wire rod mill from SMS Meer. The two-strand mill with ten-stand wire rod blocks achieves a rolling speed of 120 m/s. The plant can produce 1 million t of wire rod per year.
Many components of the new wire rod mill are manufactured locally in China By SMS Meer. ‘’Our high quality combined with the proximity to the Chinese market convinced Xilin Iron & Steel,’’ says Zuo-Guo Xiao, Managing Director of SMS Meer in China. The maximum rolling speed of 120 m/ s-corresponding to 432 km/h- makes high demands on the equipment and the process management. ‘’Xilin Iron & Steel can depend on all the processes running stably and reliably, allowing high availability and productivity to be achieved,’’ adds Zuo-Guo Xiao.
Xilin Iron & Steel will produce quality products for the Chinese market on the new wire rod mill such as C-steel, cold-heading grades, welding wires and spring steels in the size range from 5.5 mm to 20 mm diameter.
Starting material are 165-mm square billets with a length of 12 m which are heated in a furnace with a capacity of 180t/h.
Commissioning of the plant is scheduled for December 2013.