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MORGAN COMMISSIONS HIGH-SPEED WIRE MILL
10 September 2002 - Morgan Construction Company
| Morgan Construction Company has commissioned a new high-speed wire rod mill at Anyang Iron & Steel Company in People's Republic of China.
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The mill, which is located in Anyang City in Henan Province, is the company's first high-speed mill. Designed, built and installed by Morgan, the mill has a product capacity of 550,000 tonnes a year and produces high-quality steel rod at a finishing speed of up to 120 meters per second. Fan Li, Project Manager, who announced the commissioning, said, 'The new mill can produce 5.0 mm to 20.0 mm rod with a tolerance of +/-0.1 mm for use as tire cord and other high-end products in international markets.' This mill, which represents the latest in steel-producing quality, is designed to produce coils weighing 2,200 kg. Included in the new mill is Morgan's patented Reducing/Sizing Mill (RSM), which is located after Morgan's patented No-Twist® Mill (NTM) rod mill, two 2-stand pre-finishing mini-blocks, an eight-stand NTM, a four-stand RSM, water boxes, a high-speed laying head, a ten-zone Stelmor® Controlled Cooling System, and Morgan's patented Ring Distributor System.
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About: Morgan Construction Company
Morgan Construction Company specialises in rolling mill technology. Founded in 1888, by Charles Hill Morgan in Worcester, Massachusetts, Morgan continues to grow and expand with new steel technologies. Morgan has designed and installed more than 450 rod, bar, and billet mills in more than 40 countries around the world. |
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