The Spanish company SIDENOR ACEROS ESPECIALES, S.L. has placed an order with SMS group for the modernization of its bar mill in Basauri.
The goals of the modernization are to achieve a more effective rolling process and an improvement in material properties.
The existing reversing three-high stand in today’s semi-continuous mill will be replaced by a six-stand continuous roughing mill with compact stands (CS) in V-H arrangement. Additionally, a new crank shear and two further compact stands, also in V-H arrangement, will be installed in front of the existing continuous finishing stands. A further crank shear installed on the delivery side of the bar mill will allow cutting of larger and smaller cross-sections at speeds of up to 10 meters per second in the future. The scope of modernization also includes the supply of a completely new walking-beam furnace of modular design, which allows for a future increase in capacity. The furnace will also be equipped with the modern SMSPrometheus level-2 automation system. Through the use of SMSZeroFlame flameless burners, pollutant emissions into the atmosphere are minimized.
