Siroll PM Concept Continues to be Successful in China: Siemens Supplies Drives and Automation for New Plate Mill at Ningbo Iron and Steel

摘要

Chinese steel producer Ningbo Iron and Steel Co. has awarded Siemens a contract to engineer and supply the drive and automation systems for a new 4.3-meter plate mill. All the systems and components used are part of the Siroll PM solution which was specially developed for plate mills. Commissioning of the rolling mill is scheduled for completion by the end of 2009. Ningbo Iron and Steel Co., Ningbo, located in Zhejiang province, is currently building a new plate mill for manufacturing metal plates with widths of up to 4.3 meters. The products are mainly intended for use in ship-building. With an annual capacity of 1.6 million metric tons of plate metal, the new plant will incorporate two walking-beam furnaces, a two-stand rolling mill, a hot plate leveler, cooling beds, a shearing section and a finishing shop.