The combination bar-in-coil and rod mill at Nucor Nebraska will have upgraded coil handling equipment designed and installed by Primetals Technologies in September 2016. The plant, located in Norfolk, Nebraska, annually produces 900,000 tons of long products for several markets such as agriculture, heavy equipment, industrial machinery, construction, oil and gas, rail and automotive. The new equipment will improve the cooling process to produce higher quality steel rods for expanded Nucor customer markets.
The contract scope includes the supply of a continuously rotating shear, coil receiving equipment with a coil plate, pallet system conveyor, transfer and cooling equipment, automation for all new equipment and an updated automation system for Nucor’s existing pallet system and compactor, and installation and commissioning supervision. Nucor has been a longstanding customer of Primetals Technologies, which most recently upgraded a pinch roll, laying head and reform tub in the Norfolk mill’s rod outlet.