Title

UPGRADING OF BAR MILLS BY RETROFITTING A HIGH-PERFORMANCE ABRASIVE CUT-OFF MACHINE

UPGRADING OF BAR MILLS BY RETROFITTING A HIGH-PERFORMANCE ABRASIVE CUT-OFF MACHINE

Authorship

ASAMER, NORBERT

ASAMER, NORBERT

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DOI

10.5151/2594-5297-39420

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Abstract

Abrasive cutting is the ideal cutting technology for upgrading existing rolling mills, espe¬cially for long products. An increased throughput and flexibility, a high degree of automa¬tion and an improved quality of the cut products are substantial advantages of abrasive cut-off machines. To produce value-added products, such as SBQ bars, the utilization of perfectly tuned, state-of-the-art abrasive cut-off machines is essential to achieve the required product quality. Based on different examples at several rolling mill modernizations and upgrades by installing a high-performance abrasive cut-off machine various challenges of these projects were successfully managed and the operational re¬sults achieved.

Abrasive cutting is the ideal cutting technology for upgrading existing rolling mills, espe¬cially for long products. An increased throughput and flexibility, a high degree of automa¬tion and an improved quality of the cut products are substantial advantages of abrasive cut-off machines. To produce value-added products, such as SBQ bars, the utilization of perfectly tuned, state-of-the-art abrasive cut-off machines is essential to achieve the required product quality. Based on different examples at several rolling mill modernizations and upgrades by installing a high-performance abrasive cut-off machine various challenges of these projects were successfully managed and the operational re¬sults achieved.

Keywords

Abrasive cutting; SBQ bars; Product improvement, Upgrading

Abrasive cutting; SBQ bars; Product improvement, Upgrading