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Feng Hsin Contracts Danieli for Two Rolling Mill Projects
Apr. 1, 2006 April 2006 — Feng Hsin Iron & Steel, Taiwan, R.O.C., has awarded Danieli Morgårdshammar contracts for a new rolling mill and for the upgrade of an existing rolling mill. Both projects are focused on expanding the company’s product range and at enhancing its presence in the long products market.
| The Danieli Morgårdshammar LPP process, presently in operation in other plants worldwide, is also suitable for production of very small sizes of angles, flats, squares and T-bars that cannot be obtained from traditional rolling mills. |
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The new rolling mill will be installed at the Feng Hsin Steelworks in Taichung. The new plant, based on the Danieli LPP process, will enable low-scale production of very small size flat bars. The facility will produce ultra-light micro-profiles down to 15- x 3-mm (maximum 20- x 6-mm) at rates of up to 13 tonne/hour, starting from 14-,18-, 20-mm diameter coiled round bars produced at one of the company’s other mills.
The plant will comprise a coil feeding station with welding unit for endless rolling, straightening machine with mechanical descaler, induction heater to heat the product up to rolling temperatures, five SHS roll stands, cooling bed and finishing services with an automatic lance-type stacker for flats. Danieli Automation will supply a dedicated automation and process control system.
Danieli will also conduct a major upgrade of Feng Hsin’s No. 2 Rolling Mill, including the installation of a new production outlet for larger-size round bars and flats. The upgrade is aimed at extending the mill’s present product range.
Danieli’s scope of supply will include the installation of a new four-stand continuous finishing mill, and cooling bed facilities for large-size products including cold saw and automatic lance-type stacker. The upgrade will enable the production of 70- to 130-mm diameter quality rounds and up to 300- x 25-mm flats, at rates up to 85 tonnes/hour.
The project will be carried out in three stags — with optimized plant stoppages in order to minimize production losses — between October 2006 and March 2008.