Bronx tube straighteners for
China’s Baoshan and Jiuli
Baoshan Iron and Steel Co., a subsidiary of China Baowu
Steel Group, again contracted Fives, a global industrial
engineering group, to supply a customized Bronx
straightener for their seamless mill in Shanghai.
The new Bronx hot pipe straightening machine
will replace the old straightener supplied back
in 1992. It will be the 13th straightener ordered
by Baoshan from Fives in a long-standing
relationship lasting for more than 30 years.
The new 6-roll machine is designed to straighten
high-yield and thick-walled seamless tube and pipe
products up to 197mm in diameter. It should be
particularly emphasized that the Bronx machine is
capable to process both plain and upset pipes due to
its advanced technical features. The equipment will
be put into production in China by November 2019.
“We are very satisfied with Bronx machines, they
feature ultimate production rate, longevity and
excellent standards of straightening accuracy”, says
Cai Fangwei, Deputy General Manager of Tube, Pipe
and Bar Business Unit and Director of Equipment &
Energy Department, at Baoshan Iron and Steel.
In addition, Zhejiang Jiuli Hi-Tech Metals, China
also entrusted Fives to design and supply two Bronx
straightening machines for their Huzhou’s facility in
the eastern province of China.
Jiuli, is a private company, specializing in
manufacturing stainless and high alloy piping
and tubular products for different industries. The
company ordered Bronx 6-roll and 10-roll machines
to process high-yield, seamless, thick-walled, large
diameter tubular products. The equipment is
designed using utmost technologies to withstand
thick-walled stainless tube processing and deliver
high level of productivity and excellent standards
of straightness. It will be delivered in July 2019 to
China for installation and commissioning in Huzhou.
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“It’s our repeated order for Bronx machines in the
10-year working relations. Fives always stays on the
top of their contractual commitments, delivering
Bronx machines with ultimate production rate,
longevity and excellent standards of straightening
accuracy”, says Denny Lee (Zhengzhou Li), President
of Zhejiang Jiuli Hi-Tech Metals.
For both customers Bronx 6-roll straighteners
ordered, are fully automatic and motorized, utilizing
the COMPASS system (COMPuter Aided Setting
System) for automatic precision setting of all work
rolls.
All the equipment is designed and pre-assembled in
England, where the group has been designing and
manufacturing Bronx straightening machines for
tubular and long products for more than 76 years.
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