NISCO Orders KOCKS RSB® 5.0
Including TMR Equipment
Chinese state owned company Nanjing Iron & Steel Co Ltd. (NISCO)
has placed an order with Friedrich KOCKS GmbH & Co KG, Hilden,
Germany, for the supply of a RSB® 500++/4 in 5.0 design including
roll shop equipment and supervision services.
Owing the full process responsibility within this
modernisation scope, KOCKS is also responsible
for the thermo-mechanical rolling process
including five water boxes and full automation
package.
NISCO was founded in 1958 and ranks among the
40 largest steel producers in the world at around 10
million tons per year. NISCO is already operating
in its small bar mill a Reducing & Sizing Block of
KOCKS since 2013.
To consolidate and further expand their market share
in the SBQ market, NISCO decided also to modernize
their 800.000t/a medium bar mill with the latest
technology of Friedrich KOCKS GmbH & Co KG.
The RSB® 500++/4 will operate as the finishing
unit for the production of straight bars within
a dimensional range from Ø 50 to Ø 160mm. The low
temperature rolling process will be applied for sizes
up to Ø 130mm.
The commissioning is scheduled for end of 2019.
KOCKS rolled® products stand for an extraordinary
quality – made to consistently high standards by
commissioning.
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www.kocks.de
Stefan Schwarz (General Manager Sales, KOCKS)
and Mr. Li Youhe, the director of NISCO.
16 TUBE NEWS December 2018