‘FIVES - MANNESMANN MEER’ 8” Seamless Tube Plant(Combination)
‘FIVES DMS Montbard & SMS MANNESMANN MEER’ 8" Seamless Tube Plant
Once known as Vallourec Bearing Tubes Montbard – France, this facility represents one of France’s historic centers of Mannesmann seamless tube technology. With roots tracing back to Société française des corps creux, the plant has long been recognized for precision tube manufacturing and innovation.
With an annual capacity of 80,000 tons, it produces hot and cold rolled seamless tubes for bearing industries, mechanical engineering, and oil & gas.
Make (main):
· FIVES DMS MONTBARD
· SMS MANNESMANN MEER
Mothballed since: 2025
Last hot production December 2024
Last cold production February 2025
Capacity: 80,000 tons per year (82,961 tons reached in 2007)
Processed material:
- Bearing steels (CrMo, CrMn alloys)
- Perforation / drilling tool grades
- API grades
Starting material: 90 – 223 mm round billets
End products:
- Hot Rolled: up to 203 mm OD, 8.0 – 53 mm WT
- Cold Rolled: 24 – 102 mm OD, 3.8 – 20 mm WT
Consists of:
Billet Yard
Billet Storage Racks
Gantry Crane for Billets’ Handling
Accessories incl. 10T Power Tongue
Billets’ Cutting Station
(2) CENTROCUT Cutting Saws
Feeding and Extraction Tables
Rotary Hearth Furnace
Round billets (Ø 110–223 mm) are heated in a rotary hearth furnace.
Pusher Piercer
A Stiefel-type pusher piercer transforms heated billets into hollow shells.
3-Roll Elongation Mill
Assel-type 3-roll elongation mill stretches and thins the shells to desired dimensions.
Reheating Furnace
Beam-type reheating furnace prepares elongated shells for final sizing.
14-Stands Calibration Mill
Rotary Sizing Mill
Cooling Bed & Sampling
Cutting Saws
Cooling Bed
Sampling
Workshop
Roll Grinders
Lathes
CNC Machines
Guides’ Shop
Guides’ optical alignment devices
Roller Guides
Static Guides
Guides’ rollers
Spare Parts & Consumables
Spare Stands
Rolling Rolls
Cantilever Stands Rolls
Bearings
Combination Lot of the following:
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