High specification foil mills improving Chinese foil quality

摘要

The demand for wide, high speed foil mills to meet the rapidly growing market brings with it issues with respect to flatness. Leveraging various proven technology solutions as well as its long-standing commissioning expertise, Siemens VAI supplied Shanghai Shenhuo Aluminium Co Ltd with three high-performance foil rolling mills located at the KangQiao Industrial Zone in Shanghai, China. The. three mills are arranged in the classic roughing intermediate and finishing mill configuration. Advances in rolling mill flatness correction actuators such as VC roll and hot-edge sprays are the subject of this article.