Cold Rolling New 2-Stand Reversing Cold Mill at thyssenkrupp Steel German steel producer thyssenkrupp Steel recently produced the first coil on its new 2-stand reversing cold mill, supplied by Primetals Technologies. 30.10.2023
Cold Rolling China Steel Corporation (CSC) to Increase Electrical Steel Production China Steel Corporation (CSC) has signed a contract for a pickling line and tandem cold mill upgrade at its plant in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. 22.08.2023
Cold Rolling Meeting Demand: Electrical Steel and E-mobility Cold rolling technologies that work to maximize output while maintaining and improving the quality of electrical steel grades are vital to meet increasing demands. ISSUE #12 (FEB 23) 26.01.2023
Cold Rolling Upgraded PLTCM in China Produces Its First Coil In September, Chinese steel producer Valin ArcelorMittal Automotive Steel (VAMA) produced the first coil at its upgraded pickling line and tandem cold mill (PLTCM) in Loudi, Hunan province, China. 17.11.2022
Cold Rolling Pioneers Talk #11: E-Mobility Is Here — But Now What? E-Mobility and electric cars are all the rage, but what are the implications of this trend for the steel industry? Which steel grades will be in greater demand in the future, and what are the solution 26.09.2022
Digitalization Indian Customer Orders PLTCM to Increase Production for the Automotive Industry ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AM/NS India) recently ordered a coupled Pickling Line and Tandem Cold Mill (PLTCM) from Primetals Technologies for its site in Hazira, Gujarat. 09.06.2022
Cold Rolling Get Smart — Smart Strip Threading A new and innovative strip-threading solution that increases yield, accelerates smooth operations, and improves reversing cold mills ISSUE #11 (MAY 22) 15.04.2022
Cold Rolling Conversion of a Continuous Tandem Line to a Pickling Tandem Line at voestalpine voestalpine Stahl will convert its existing continuous tandem line at its steel plant in Linz, Austria, into a pickling tandem line with Primetals Technologies. 24.03.2022
Cold Rolling First coil produced on Hyper UC-mill supplied by Primetals Technologies The Hyper UC-mill supplied by Primetals Technologies (Primetals Technologies Ltd.) produced the first coil at Ho Chi Minh steel mill of Maruichi Sun Steel Joint Stock Company (SUNSCO). This is the ... 01.07.2021
Digitalization Modernized Process Automation for Tandem Cold Mill in Hämeenlinna, Finland Primetals Technologies has received an order from SSAB to modernize the existing Process Automation (Level 2) of the tandem cold rolling mill in Hämeenlinna. The Level 2 solution is state of the art 23.03.2021
Cold Rolling The Full Potential of Cold-Rolling Mills The cold-rolling experts of Primetals Technologies know how to maximize the potential of a cold-rolling mill, enabling the introduction of new products at zero risk. ISSUE #10 (FEB 21) 01.02.2021
Cold Rolling The Rich Reward of Innovation A closer look at the past, present, and future of the Hyper Universal Crown Control Mill (Hyper UCM), the pioneering cold-rolling solution from Primetals Technologies ISSUE #09 (JAN 20) 01.01.2020
Cold Rolling Taking New Inspiration from Mill Operators Dr. Toshiyuki Kajiwara (1928–2012) is known as the father of the pioneering 6-Hi mill with shiftable intermediate rolls. The Hyper UCM of Primetals Technologies is based on his mill design ... ISSUE #09 (JAN 20) 01.01.2020
Hot Rolling Flat Coil logistics, made simple The modular coil shuttle system from Primetals Technologies is the cost-efficient solution of choice for coil logistics in hot-rolling, arvedi esp, and cold-rolling plants. ISSUE #08 (MAY 19) 01.05.2019
Cold Rolling HBIS Tangsteel: Rising to the Top Through Innovation HBIS Tangsteel's decision to build a high-quality, digitalized cold-rolling complex is opening doors to international markets. What got them there? A close partnership with Primetals Technologies. ISSUE #07 (OCT 18) 01.10.2018
Cold Rolling On course for made in China 2025 Primetals Technologies Communications Officer Deng Yang spoke with Li Wei, General Manager of Chengde Vanadium and Titanium Cold-Rolled Sheets Co., Ltd. ISSUE #07 (OCT 18) 01.10.2018
Digitalization Off-Gauge Optimizer Head- and tail-end off-gauge length is defined as the length of strip from the weld to the point from which the final thickness deviation reliably stays within a tolerance band of approximately ±3% .. ISSUE #06 (MAR 18) 01.03.2018
Digitalization Roll-Eccentricity Compensation Roll-Eccentricity Compensation (REC) eliminates the influence of roll eccentricity on strip thickness or tension. ISSUE #06 (MAR 18) 01.03.2018
Digitalization Air-Bearing Shapemeter The Air-Bearing ShapeMeter of Primetals Technologies accurately measures the shape of rolled metal sheet and foil material (Aluminum and other metals). It provides continuous, high-accuracy ... ISSUE #06 (MAR 18) 01.03.2018
Digitalization Mill vibration control with Chatter Block Expert Rolling mills are prone to many different vibration phenomena, especially when rolling high-strength steels in combination with thin product gauges and high rolling speeds. These vibrations can ... ISSUE #06 (MAR 18) 01.03.2018
Digitalization Minimum Quantity Lubrication Minimum Quantity Lubrication (MQL) is Primetals Technologies' next generation roll-gap lubrication system for cold-rolling mills, applying neat rolling oil atomized with air directly onto the ... ISSUE #06 (MAR 18) 01.03.2018
Digitalization Coil-Eccentricity Compensation to tackle tension disturbances When cold strip is wound onto a mandrel, the coil is never perfectly round but slightly eccentric. These eccentricities have a number of different ... ISSUE #06 (MAR 18) 01.03.2018
Digitalization Non-stop flying roll change to achieve higher mill productivity Stopping a continuous rolling mill will result in strip defects as well as production losses. Strip-surface marks and thickness deviations may exceed quality control limits and the strip section ... ISSUE #06 (MAR 18) 01.03.2018
Digitalization UCM Flat—the new flatness control for 6-high Universal Crown Control Mills Mechatronics know-how from Japan, combined with German expertise in Electrics & Automation: the international team of Primetals Technologies has developed an advanced flatness-control system for ... ISSUE #06 (MAR 18) 01.03.2018
Cold Rolling Reason for Optimism Tan Wenzhen, Vice President of Tangshan Iron and Steel Group Co. Ltd., has been working at the company for nearly 30 years since he graduated from the University of Science and Technology Beijing ... ISSUE #04 (FEB 17) 01.02.2017
Cold Rolling Incredible Strip Quality Cold rolling of steel to produce tinplate places special demands on the rolling speed and thickness reduction. The high rolling speeds and thin gauges required, however, are often associated with ... ISSUE #04 (FEB 17) 01.02.2017
Cold Rolling Rolling for the Future In autumn 2014, Tosyali-Toyo Celik A.Ş. awarded Primetals Technologies a contract for rolling facilities that included a coupled pickling line-tandem cold mill (PL-TCM), a tin-plated steel-sheet ... ISSUE #03 (SEP 16) 01.09.2021
Cold Rolling Chatter Block Expert: A Low-Cost Solution for High-Return Benefits A destructive form of mill vibration known as third-octave chatter is a serious problem in most cold-rolling mills. It often leads to costly damage and reduced mill performance. Primetals ... ISSUE #03 (SEP 16) 01.09.2016
Cold Rolling Long-Term Improvements, Short-Term ROI Demand for new steel grades and efforts to increase mill efficiency are driving advances in roll-gap lubrication. In cooperation with several industry partners, Primetals Technologies has recently ... ISSUE #03 (SEP 16) 01.09.2016
Cold Rolling Put More Muscle into your Mill Flex-HI mill technology was recently introduced by Primetals Technologies to allow existing cold-rolling mills to produce a wider variety of steel grades without substantial equipment ... ISSUE #03 (SEP 16) 01.09.2016
Cold Rolling Blueprint for Excellence In August 2013, a coupled pickling line and tandem cold-rolling mill (PLTCM) supplied by Primetals Technologies commenced operation at Ternium Mexico S.A. de C.V. (Ternium Mexico) in Monterrey ... ISSUE #02 (FEB 16) 01.01.2016
Endless Casting & Rolling More Value for Customers The merging of the former Mitsubishi-Hitachi Metals Machinery and Siemens VAI Metals Technologies in January 2015 to become Primetals Technologies considerably enlarged the company portfolio of ... ISSUE #02 (FEB 16) 01.01.2016
Cold Rolling Cross Seam Welder: Higher yield – Higher profit Each year, thousands of tons of perfectly good steel are scrapped at reversing cold-rolling mills. A new welding solution, referred to as the Cross Seam Welder (CSW), together with an innovative ... ISSUE #02 (FEB 16) 01.01.2016
Cold Rolling Next-Generation Rolling Mill Stand Primetals Technologies has developed a new Universal Crown-Control Mill (Hyper UCM) that features work rolls with diameters that are 20% to 40% smaller than those used in conventional UCM mills ... ISSUE #02 (FEB 16) 01.01.2016
Cold Rolling New Pickling Line and Tandem Cold Rolling Mill for Hyundai Steel The need to roll increasingly high-strength steel strip with ever-increasing tensile and yield strengths has led to the world’s first 6-stand 6-high tandem cold-rolling mill at Hyundai Steel ... ISSUE #02 (FEB 16) 01.01.2016
Cold Rolling Tangshan Steel: 21 Months from Contract to Coil In April 2013, a contract for the supply of a cold-mill complex in Tangshan was signed between Primetals Technologies Austria and Tangshan Iron and Steel Group Co., Ltd. (Tangshan Steel) – a ... ISSUE #04 (FEB 17) 01.01.2016
Cold Rolling Ready for Tomorrow’s Market In 2014, Primetals Technologies supplied a coupled pickling line and tandem cold-rolling mill (PLTCM) facility to automotive steel producer Valin ArcelorMittal Automotive Steel Co., Ltd. (VAMA ... ISSUE #02 (FEB 16) 01.01.2016
Hot Rolling Flat ESTAD: End-to-End Excellence Across the Metals Value Chain of Rolling Rolling papers will be presented by Primetals Technologies specialists at the ESTAD Congress covering the topics of plate rolling, hot-strip rolling, cold rolling and long rolling. ISSUE #01 (MAY 15) 01.05.2015
