OVERVIEW ON CONTIROD~R WIRE-ROD PLANT OPERATIONS IN SARKUYSAN (MODERNIZATION ACTIVITIES AND RESULTS)

摘要

Sarkuysan Electrolytic Copper holds three competitive technologies namely Outokumpu, Southwire (SCR~R) and CONTIROD~R under the same roof. After more then thirty years experience of Outokumpu Upcast ~R in producing oxygen free wire- rod, and twenty years of SCR~R experience, in 1999 it was decided to introduce the CONTIROD~R process to the customers with a chance and advantage to test capabilities of each process in order to fulfil their requirements, expectations, and turn this know-how to their benefit. After reviewing the milestones of Sarkuysan's evolution in Turkey as global wire-rod producer, this paper will briefly present the modernization and expansion activities in the CONTIROD~R plant consisting of the different phases following the first start-up, and the results of these activities. It will highlight the gains and improvements of some operational parameters within this period.