Taiwanese stainless steel bar producer Walsin Lihwa Corp., based in Yenshui, Taiwan, has awarded SMS group a contract for the supply of a new high-performance peeling machine, type PM160, for stainless steel bars.
The new peeling machine, which is from SMS group’s most powerful peeling machine series, allows bright bars with finished diameters of up to 160 mm to be peeled at diameter tolerances up to IT9 and with excellent peeled surface. SMS group’s scope of supply includes all bar handling equipment as well as a special bar end chamfering/facing machine.
With this new investment, Walsin Lihwa Corp. will significantly increase its capacity and expand the diameter range for peeled stainless bars from currently 80 mm to up to 160 mm. This machine will be the first peeler of the PM series supplied by SMS group to Taiwan. Commissioning of the new equipment is scheduled for January 2018.
The SMS group is internationally active in plant construction and mechanical engineering for the steel and nonferrous metals industry.
