Tata Steel commissions new heavy-gauge decoiler in Wales

Tuesday, 20 January 2015 18:06:35 (GMT+3)   |   Istanbul
       

Indian steel giant Tata Steel has announced that it has commissioned a new £11 million heavy-gauge decoiler in Llanwern, South Wales, capable of supplying manufacturers with stronger steel to improve their own products.
 
The heavy-gauge decoiler, the most powerful in Europe, can process 270,000 mt of hot rolled coil a year. The decoiler unwinds, flattens, then cuts the steel to size. Its strength enables it to produce ultra-flat sheet in thicknesses of up to 25 mm, meeting the requirements of customers in the construction and earth-moving equipment and materials handling sectors.
 
Tata Steel also stated that the new facility is served by a direct rail link allowing feedstock not produced at Llanwern to be brought in directly and enabling the bulk dispatch of cut sheet to customers.

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