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.