Danieli Group’s new billet grinding facility, to be installed in Huzhou, will soon perform full skin conditioning (corner- and spot-conditioning methods included) on a wide array of special steels, including stainless grades 200, 300, and 400 series), and high-temperature and anticorrosion alloy steels. The 200kW grinder will be driven by the HiGrind system which controls the consistency of the material-removal depth, and monitors all the processing and safety functions.
The supply includes loading and unloading benches, in order to assure the fully automated process and a fast set-up of the plant. It is designed to process approximately 40,000 tpy of square billets in sizes of 150, 180, and 220 mm, with maximum length of 7 m. and is scheduled to be in full operation by Q1 of 2017. YXSS-Yongxing Special Stainless Steel Co., Ltd. is a developer and producer of special stainless steel rod and wire, mainly used, among others, for petrochemical, basic energy, and equipment manufacturing applications.