Siemens to modernize two bar mills for Diaco in Colombia

摘要

Siemens VAI Metals Technologies has received an order from Diaco, the Colombian branch of the Brazilian Gerdau Company, to bring two bar mills at its Tuta and Tocancipa locations up to the state of the art. The modernized rolling mills are scheduled to come into operation at the end of 2012, and will be designed to produce rebars in different diameters. Siemens will supply mechanical equipment and the fluid system for Diaco's bar mill in Tuta, Boyaca Province. The roughing mill will be equipped with a new billet feeder and a new pinch roll.