DAVY / BLAW-KNOX / UNITED Hot Strip Mill (1959/1994)
Since its inauguration in 1953 as a semi-continuous rolling mill, the Hot Strip Mill has undergone a series of modernizations according to production increases and technological advances (1959, 1965, 1976 and 1994), being the last one carried out by United Engineering Inc. with the incorporation of the new slab furnace and modernization of the finishing mill to 6-Stands 4-Hi configuration.
Consists of:
Single Slab Reheat Furnace
• Type: Walking Beam
• Manufacturer: DAVY
• Capacity: 150 t/h
• Inside Refractory Width: 8,35 m
• Effective Length: 32,6 m
• Slab Thickness: 160 mm
• Slab Maximum Length: 7,5 m
• Primary Fuel: mixed BFG and COG
• Alternate Fuel: N°6 Fuel Oil
• Commissioned in 1995
Water Descalers
• Primary descaler at slab reheat furnace run out table
• Front and back 3 Hi Rougher Mill descalers.
• Finishing Mill descaler at run-in table.
Water Descaling Pumps
• Manufacturer: UNION PUMP COMPANY
• N° of Pumps: Two (one operating, one stand by.)
• Power: 5.000 HP (3.730 kW)
• Pump Speed: 4.500 rpm
• Discharge Pressure: 127 barg (1.840 psig)
Rougher Mill
• Type: 3 Hi, one stand 22" x 34" x 100" Reversing Mill
• Manufactured by BLAW-KNOX in 1923.
• Main Motor : Synchronous type
• Main Motor Power: 6000 HP
• Motor Speed: 250 rpm
• Maximum Rolling Force: 700 t
• Maximum Edger Force: 100 t
• Edger Motor Power: 300 HP (224 kW)
• Transfer Bar Speed: 2,9 m/s
Crop Shear
• Drum Type Rotary Crop Shear
• Manufacturer: UNITED
• Maximum Transfer Bar Section: 32 x 1575 mm at 940 °C, 0,4%C Carbon Steel
• Maximum Transfer Bar Speed: 2.5 m/s
Finishing Mill
• Type: 4 Hi 6 Stands
• Mechanical Manufacturer: UNITED
• Electrical Manufacturer: GENERAL ELECTRIC
• Roll Barrel: 1.727 mm (68”)
• Work Rolls Diameter: 699 mm (27,5”)
• Back-Up Roll Diameter: 1.380 mm (54”)
• Maximum Rolling Force Stands 1 to 4: 2.400 t
• Maximum Rolling Force Stand 5: 2.000 t
• Maximum Rolling Force Stand 6: 1.600 t
• Electromechanical Screw down Stands 1 to 4
• Electromechanical Screw down & hydraulic capsules in Stands 5 & 6.
• 40 t per chock work roll bending per stand.
• Main Drives Stands 1 and 2: 6.000 HP (4.476 kW)
• Main Drives Stands 3 to 5: 5.000 HP (3.730 kW)
• Main Drive Stan 6: 4.000 HP (2.984 kW)
• All main drives are DC with thyristor speed control.
• Maximum Finishing Speed: 830 m/min
• Two X-Ray Gages
• Commissioned in 1970 (Stands 3 to 6) and revamped in 1995 (Adding Stands 1 & 2)
Laminar Cooling
• Seven Cooling Sections
• Three Control Zones
• Total Water Flow: 5.270 m³/h
• Upper Face Cooling: 4.100 m³/h
• Bottom Face Cooling: 1.170 m³/h
• Water Pressure: 2,5 barg
Single Downcoiler
• Two Wrapper Rolls pneumatically activated.
• Maximum Coil Width: 1.575 mm (62”)
• Maximum Coil Weight: 20 t
• Maximum Coil Diameter: 1.727 mm (68”)
• Mandrel Diameter: 724 mm (28.5“)
• Strip Thickness: 1,8 to 12,7 mm
Inspection / Survey reports available upon request.
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