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SMS Demag South Africa (Pty) Ltd. has handed over a chain-type magnetic separator to Columbus Stainless (Pty) Ltd. one month ahead of the contractually assured deadline. The new plant is located at Middelburg, South Africa.

Processing of hot rolled coils in the cold rolling mill without prior pickling had caused the filter system of the four-high mill stand to become extremely overloaded. The magnetic separator now ensures precipitation of the very high iron content from the emulsion before it flows into the existing filter system. This reduces the amount of maintenance required for the existing filter and improves the strip’s surface quality and cleanliness.

SMS Demag South Africa (Pty) Ltd. forms part of the Metallurgical Plant and Rolling Mill Technology Business Area of the SMS group. SMS GmbH is the holding for a group of companies internationally active in plant construction and mechanical engineering relating to the processing of steel, non-ferrous metals and plastics. The group is divided into the Business Areas of Metallurgical Plant and Rolling Mill Technology, Tube, Long Product and Forging Technology and Plastics Technology. In the year 2005 some 9,250 employees worldwide generated a turnover of about EUR 2.33 billion.

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