Wuppermann Group, Germany, awarded the contract to deliver a hot-wide-strip pickling and hot-dip galvanizing line for its new plant in the Hungarian town of Győr-Gönyű to SMS Siemag. SMS Siemag is delivering the entire line, including the mechanical equipment, process engineering and electrical and automation systems.
The new strip processing line will go into operation in 2016 and process some 500,000 tons of steel annually. The strip widths will vary between 400mm and 1,650mm, and the strip gages between 1.0mm and 6.0mm. Process speeds of up to 150m per minute can be reached when galvanizing strips, with speeds of up to 220m per minute possible at the entry and exit sections.
“The fact that this line, which comprises numerous high-performance plant components, is being supplied by a single source, and that Wuppermann was able to pour its longstanding technological know-how as an internationally experienced plant operator into project planning, speaks volumes for SMS Siemag. The production plant will be state-of-the-art, both technologically and environmentally”, explains Dr Carl Ludwig Theodor Wuppermann, CFO and spokesperson of the Board of Management at Wuppermann. Thus, no interface problems arise and the plant can reach full capacity after a short commissioning phase.
