Siemens to modernize aluminum cold rolling mill in Bahrain

Thursday, 25 November 2010 16:14:07 (GMT+3)   |  
       

Austria-based plantmaker Siemens VAI Metals Technologies has received an order from Gulf Aluminium Rolling Mill Co. B.S.C. (GARMCO) in Manama, Bahrain, to equip its aluminum cold rolling mill No. 2 with new automation and drive systems. The modernization is intended to improve plant availability as well as to ensure consistently high product quality. The cold rolling mill will be upgraded during a scheduled plant shutdown at the end of February 2011.

GARMCO was founded in 1986, and is a leading producer of rolled aluminum products in the Gulf Region. The company's two cold rolling mills have a combined capacity of 165,000 tons per annum. Its main products are series 1000, 3000 and 5000 alloys with thicknesses ranging from 0.15 to 5 millimeters. The four-high, single-pass mill in the cold rolling mill No. 2 has a rolling force of 21,000 kilonewtons and reaches a rolling speed of 1,200 meters per minute. The maximum coil weight is 10 tons.

In order to improve plant availability and ensure final products of consistently high quality, Siemens VAI will renew the entire automation equipment in the cold rolling mill and the associated secondary plants. The heart of the automation solution is the Siroll Alu TCS process control system specifically developed for aluminum rolling mills. It contains all the essential technology packages required for high product quality, including an automatic roll gap and thickness control, a flatness control, and presetting of the rolling mill on the basis of the production plan. The project also covers the replacement of the power modules in the stand drive, the two coiler drives and in most of the auxiliary drives. The consoles in the control centers will also be modernized.


Similar articles

CRC and HDG prices drop further in Europe, fail to hit bottom as outlook still negative

29 Mar | Flats and Slab

Ussuri Capital to build low-carbon emissions flats plant in Romania

29 Mar | Steel News

Flat steel prices in local Taiwanese market - week 13, 2024

28 Mar | Flats and Slab

US sheet prices tick up modestly ahead of Easter weekend

28 Mar | Flats and Slab

Ex-India HDG and CRC prices edge down, trade remains in doldrums

28 Mar | Flats and Slab

Ex-China CRC offer prices fail to recover amid futures price drop

27 Mar | Flats and Slab

CRC consumption in Mexico up 23.4 percent in January

26 Mar | Steel News

CRC import price offers stable in Brazil

25 Mar | Flats and Slab

Indian CRC prices stable amid thin trading and negative manufacturing outlook

25 Mar | Flats and Slab

Stocks of main finished steel products in China down 0.6 percent in mid-March

25 Mar | Steel News