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SMS Meer Commissions High-Speed Bar Mill in Syria
Apr. 21, 2010 International Co. for Steel Rolling (ICSR) in Hassia, Syria, has successfully commissioned the bar mill supplied by SMS Meer. Surface-quenched rebars will be produced on this mill at a speed of up to 36 meters per second in the delivery section.
The bar mill is designed for the production of rebar with low and medium carbon content and an annual output of 300,000 tonnes in the dimensions of 8 to 40 mm round.
SMS Meer supplied the complete rolling mill, including the electrical equipment and automation system. The scope of supply included the erection supervision and commissioning, as well as a fully automatic bundling and strapping station.
The pusher-type furnace for heating the square billets supplies a continuous single-strand rolling mill comprising a roughing train with six stands and multi-pass intermediate stands of HL design and H/V arrangement. An eight-stand finishing block in V arrangement and two further stands can be retrofitted, enabling the plant to eventually be converted into a combined bar and wire rod mill.
SMS Meer GmbH is a company of the SMS group, which is, under the roof of the holding SMS GmbH, a group of companies internationally active in plant construction and mechanical engineering for the steel and nonferrous metals industry. It consists of two business areas: SMS Siemag and SMS Meer. In 2009, around 9000 employees worldwide generated a turnover of more than EUR 3.8 billion.