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MORGAN COMMISSIONS HANGZHOU ROD MILL
Daniel M. Morgan, senior vice president and general manager of the Rolling Mill Division, explained that the new mill is designed to produce low and high carbon steels, and alloy steels such as spring and bearing steels. Morgan Project Manager Fan Li, who was part of the commissioning team, said, 'The commissioning of the Morgan Equipment went with out a flaw. The mill was able to produce salable coils consistently with and after its fourth commissioning billet. He said, 'By the third week of hot commissioning, the mill was running 6.5 mm diameter product at 115 meters per second. Further,' he added, 'the customer described the tolerance as 'extraordinary' noting the rod's ovality to be 0.06 mm to 0.07 mm.' This means Morgan's 'exclusive' Reducing/Sizing Mill (RSM) is finishing rod at better than its guarantee of 0.10 mm ovality for Hangzhou's new mill. 'The rolling speed of the mill,' said Morgan, 'has a finishing speed of up to 120 m/s.' He added, 'With a product capacity of more than 350,000 tonnes a year, the mill is designed to produce 5.5 mm to 20.0 mm rod with a tolerance of +/-0.10 mm for use as tire cord and for a wide range of product applications in international markets. The patented Morgan Ring Distributor will give the mill the capability to produce coils weighing 2,300 kg,' he said. Fan Li added, 'The sooner-than-expected startup of the mill indicates that the customer will be able to achieve a higher production of quality steel much sooner than they expected.' Morgan equipment designed and built for Hangzhou's new mill included a four-stand Morgan Reducing/Sizing Mill (RSM), an eight-stand No-Twist® Mill (NTM), two 2-stand pre-finishing mini blocks, water boxes, a high-speed laying head, a ten-zone Stelmor® Controlled Cooling System, and a Morgan Ring Distributor System.'
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