Morgan Provides Novel Coil Process for Czech Rod Mill


Morgan Construction Company will provide a bar in coil outlet for wire rod and bar producer Třinecké Železárny A.S. in Třinec, Czech Republic, that incorporates a heat retention tunnel to achieve specific mechanical properties.

“Třinecké is upgrading its bar in coil outlet to increase the variety and range of their specialty steel products,” said Martyn Bowler, Technical Sales Engineer, in announcing the contract, which marks Morgan’s re-entry into the Czech market after many years.

With the new equipment, Třinecké will be able to produce bar coils from 16mm in diameter up to 50mm with coil sizes of 1350mm in outside diameter, using special steels -- high alloyed and microalloyed steels as well as cold heading grade steel.

“Due to this large spectrum of steel grades,” Bowler said, “further processing is required to achieve specific mechanical properties, so we developed a new system to achieve this.” That system includes a heat retention tunnel to retard the natural cooling process of the coils and louvers to regulate required temperatures.

Attached to Třinecké’s pre-existing bar mill, the bar in coil outlet will also be capable of producing small lots of half-weight coils up to 2 metric tonnes.The contract also includes the supply of two strap compactors and a belly banding strap machine. Start up is expected by the end of April 2008.

Morgan Construction Company is a designer and producer of high-quality rolling mill products and services for the metal industry worldwide.

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