Baoshan Iron & Steel rolls first bar on KOCKS Block
The Chinese steel giant Baoshan Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. has successfully rolled the first bar on the KOCKS Reducing & Sizing Block (RSB®) in its new SBQ rolling mill. With this investment, the steel producer strengthens its position and is further expanding its business activities in the field of highest-quality specialty steels.
By choosing to equip their new rolling mill with a reliable KOCKS Reducing & Sizing Block, Baoshan Iron & Steel is extending the fruitful partnership that began in 2002 with the pivotal investment in an RSB® 370/4 for the high-capacity SBQ rolling mill "Shanghai No. 5". The new KOCKS RSB® 300++/4 with advanced 3-roll technology has been integrated as a finished block in the combined SBQ wire rod and bar mill with an annual capacity of 600,000 tons and rolls bar in coil and also the pre-cross-sections for the wire rod line. The rolled products vary between diameters of Ø 18.00 to 50.00 mm for bars in coils and between final dimensions of Ø 7.5 to 28.0 mm for the wire line.
The Reducing & Sizing Block comes in the further advanced RSB® design, recently premiered with an iF Design Award. The scope of supply also included the remote control for stands and guides, which allows operational parameters to be adjusted from the control stand. In addition to the roll shop equipment, KOCKS installed the BAMICON Octopus software and hardware, assisting operators in the stand and guide preparation and supporting the entire tooling process in the roll shop.