German steelmaker ThyssenKrupp's materials services subsidiary ThyssenKrupp Schulte GmbH has opened a flame cutting center in Bielefeld that will produce finished parts tailored exactly to customer requirements, mainly from structural steels, boiler plate, wear-resistant steels and special structural steels up to grade S 960 QL.
Three gas and three plasma cutting machines with three finishing bays and a blasting unit provide enough capacities to serve customers on a just-in-time basis. The flame cutting center has a maximum annual capacity of 22,000 mt. Its main customers are structural steel fabricators, equipment manufacturers, producers of agricultural machinery, truck manufacturers and the offshore sector.
The new flame cutting center consists of one new building and two redeveloped existing buildings, with a total floor space of 7,480 m2. With the new buildings, the restructuring tonnage per year has been increased by 40 percent.
Facilities are also available for repair welding.