Nucor Steel upgrades automation and drives in carbon steel plate mill with Primetals Technologies

摘要

Nucor Steel has selected Primetals Technologies to upgrade the automation and drives system in the finishing end of its carbon plate steel mill in Cofield, North Carolina, USA. Equipment in the finishing end includes the side trimmer, cold shear and plate piler. The project also contains an option for future implementation of a quality assurance system. The upgrade will be completed in May 2017. Built in 2000, the Hertford County mill produces 1.6 million tonnes of carbon, alloy and high strength, low alloy steel plates including quenched and tempered and normalized steel plates.