China's industry streamlining faces steel-price test

BEIJING - Tangshan Songting Iron and Steel Co, a steel mill in China's largest steel-producingcity Tangshan, re-opened in April after five months laying idle.

The company, which temporarily shutdown in November over mounting debt, is looking to restartproduction soon, media outlets quoted an unnamed industrial insider as saying.

Similarly, mills in other steel-producing regions, including Tianjin and Shanxi, are resumingoperation, despite a move by the government to downsize the steel sector.

China's steel sector had experienced years of plunging prices and factory shutdowns due to thesluggish economy, however, in March demand picked up thanks to infrastructure and propertyprojects.

Steel product prices have increased more than 60 percent in the year to date. Hot-rolled steelcoils, for example, increased to around 3,200 yuan ($500) per ton from less than 2,000 yuan atthe beginning of the year.

Encouraged by the upward pricing trend, many steel mills are resuming production.

National daily crude steel output amounted 2.28 million tons in March, up 12.9 percent from thefirst two months -- nearing the record 2.31 million tons seen in June 2014. The purchasingmanagers' index that tracks the iron and steel sector increased to 57.3 in April, the first time intwo years that the index has climbed above 50, the level that separates expansion fromcontraction.

China's steel industry has been plagued by overcapacity for years. It has been felt even more inthe past two years as demand for steel has dropped.

Steel producers experienced their worst year in 2015, with combined losses in main businesssoaring 24-fold from 2014 to over 100 billion yuan.

Despite the warming market, however, some are warning that it is too early to celebrate, just yet.There are concerns over whether the construction-driven price spike will impede the governmentplans for the steel sector.

The return of steel companies adds pressure to the streamlining of the sector, thus, policies needto be better implemented, said Ma Li, an analyst with Lange Steel, a steel information website.

Analysts expect the reopened factories will push crude steel output to a new high in April, but thegovernment has vowed to control production. North China's Hebei Province has asked officials tocrack down on new mill projects and close those that failed to secure re-opening approval.

On the other hand, some are downplaying the impact from surging steel prices, describing therebound as "no more than a blip."

The rapid price spikes are not sustainable as they are largely driven by a seasonal pick-up infixed-asset investment and exacerbated by speculation in the steel futures market, according toFitch Ratings.

The rating agency expects steel prices will be under significant pressure in the near term asdomestic demand for steel has generally remained flat.

Vice president of China Iron and Steel Industry Association Qu Xiuli, said that although steelproduction is likely to hit new high in April, the rise in supply will help rein in the rampant market.

Some industry insiders argue that consolidation of the sector will be a long process and unlikelyto be disturbed by short-term changes.

"It is like a 'protracted war' we cannot win in single combat," said Zou Jixin, vice president ofWuhan Iron and Steel (Group) Co. To cut excess capacity, debt-ridden and inefficient steelproducers need to make big changes, Zou said.

Liu Weiming, financial analyst with CITIC Bank, went further and said the price surge may evenhelp steel mills; "The price rebound will improve the solvency of steel companies and give themmore room for restructuring."

Moreover, price hikes are unlikely to change policymakers' resolve.

China's financial regulators in late April ordered banks to stop issuing loans to steel and coalenterprises that operate at a loss.

The Ministry of Commerce said last week that it will work with more nations to address steelovercapacity.

The government shut down outdated facilities with total production capacity of over 90 milliontons in the past five years, and it plans to slash another 100 million to 150 million tons by 2020.

(from chinadaily)

Rolling mill for steel plant

The discovery of the rolling mill in Europe maybe attributed to Leonardo da Vinci in his drawings. The earliest rolling mills in crude form but the same basic principles were found in Middle East and South Asia as early as 600 BCE. Earliest rolling mills were slitting mills, which were introduced from what is now Belgium to England in 1590. These passed flat bars between rolls to form a plate of iron, which was then passed between grooved rolls (slitters) to produce rods of iron. The first experiments at rolling iron for tinplate took place about 1670. In 1697, Major John Hanbury erected a mill at Pontypool to roll 'Pontypool plates'—blackplate. Later this began to be rerolled and tinned to make tinplate. The earlier production of plate iron in Europe had been in forges, not

rolling mills.

The slitting mill was adapted to producing hoops (for barrels) and iron with a half-round or other sections by means that were the subject of two patents of c. 1679.

Some of the earliest literature on rollingmills can be traced back to Christopher Polhem in 1761 in Patriotista Testamente, where he mentions rolling mills for both plate and bar iron. He also explains how rolling mills can save on time and labor because a rolling mill can produce 10 to 20 or more bars at the same time.

A patent was granted to Thomas Blockley of England in 1759 for the polishing and rolling of metals. Another patent was granted in 1766 to Richard Ford of England for the first tandem mill. A tandem mill is one in which the metal is rolled in successive stands; Ford's tandem mill was for hot rolling of wire rods.

Rolling (metalworking)

For mills that use rollers to crush grain or stone, see roller mill. rolling schematic, Rolling visualization. In metalworking, rolling is a metal forming process in which metal stock is passed through one or more pairs of rolls to reduce the thickness and to make the thickness uniform. The concept is similar to the rolling of dough. Rolling is classified according to the temperature of the metal rolled. If the temperature of the metal is above its recrystallization temperature, then the process is known as hot rolling. If the temperature of the metal is below its recrystallization temperature, the process is known as cold rolling. In terms of usage, hot rolling processes more tonnage than any other manufacturing process, and cold rolling processes the most tonnage out of all cold working processes.Roll stands holding pairs of rolls are grouped together into rolling mills that can quickly process metal, typically steel, into products such as structural steel (I-beams, angle stock, channel stock, and so on), bar stock, and rails. Most

steel mills have rolling mill divisions that convert the semi-finished casting products into finished products.

There are many types of rolling processes, including ring rolling, roll bending, roll forming, profile rolling, and controlled rolling.

Hot rolling

During the production of special steel profiles by hot rolling  the input billet or slab is formed into lengths up to 70 m using two oppositely rotating cylindrical rolls. The products of this forming technique are used in a multitude of industrial applications. Hot rolled steel profiles offer innovative solutions whether it be for automotive, materials handling or railroad use. Hot rolled custom profiles are roller straightened and sheared into production lengths or sawed into fixed lengths according to customer wishes.

The advantages of hot rolled special profiles include, among others:

·       targeted strengthening of highly stressed areas of component parts

·       best mechanical properties through uninterrupted grain orientation

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Couplings for steel industry

In a steel plant, there is a necessity for the reliability and high performance of machinery and equipment.  Couplings, serving as vital transmission parts, are no exception to meet higher and more stringent quality requirements needed for the steel plant’s equipment and machinery.

Function:
It used to transfer rotational movement from one shaft to another. Couplings are used to connect two shafts for torque transmission in varied applications. Couplings are capable of transmitting axial thrust loads between machines and any axial growth that may occur due to high temperature.

Types of coupling
Couplings are normally classified in two ways. The classification of couplings is rigid coupling and flexible coupling.

Rigid couplings are used for shafts having no misalignment. Rigid couplings are of following types:

• Sleeve coupling

• Sleeve coupling with taper pins

• Clamp coupling 

• Ring compression type couplings

• Flange coupling 

Flexible couplings are more commonly used to transmit driving torque between a prime mover and a rotating element of the equipment. Flexible couplings are of following types:

• Elastomeric couplings

• Metallic membrane couplings

• Miscellaneous couplings 

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Rolling process in Steel rolling plant

Rolling of steel is one of the most important manufacturing processes for steel. Steel rolling is the process of plastically deforming steel by passing it between rolls. Rolling is defined as the reduction of the cross sectional area of the steel piece being rolled, or the general shaping of the steel products, through the use of the rotating rolls.

The initial rolling of steel is done in a hot rolling mill where blooms and slabs are rolled down to various rolled products such as plate, sheet, strip, coil, billet, structures, rails, bars and rods. Steel rolling can produce a wide range of products. The width of a rolled product can vary from a few millimeters to several meters while the thickness can vary from 0.1 mm to more than 200 mm. The rolled section can be square, rectangular, round or shaped sections.

Rolling of steel is done not only to achieve the desired cross section but also to get the desired properties of steel. Rolling of steels imparts strength and favourable grain orientation. Further heat treatment processes incorporated during controlled rolling helps in modification of steel microstructure to give the steel desired properties.

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Roller table in steel making plant

Roller table is the main transmission equipment in steel rolling, it takes 40% proportion on whole rolling workshop equipment.

It serves for transporting billet and linking with other process. It consists of torch entry roller table, run-out roller table, discharge roller table, hot charge roller table, etc.

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Supporting types: Gantry type and supporting type Roller types: Short roller, long roller shared by strands

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