UK-based plantmaker Primetals Technologies has announced that it will supply a new billet welding system for UAE-based steel producer Union Iron & Steel’s existing bar rolling mill in Mussafah Industrial Area, Abu Dhabi, UAE. The new billet welding plant is scheduled to commence operation in late 2017.
With the new system, the company aims to boost plant output and utilization levels. The system welds together billets intended for rolling, thus enabling a continuous rolling process, which increases output, cutting the time otherwise taken by two billets between rolling, and ensuring a consistently high product quality.