Salmec Ingeniería S.A.

INDAL STEEL PIPE

The tube producer INDAL STEEL PIPE orders a slitting line from SALMEC for the production of thick wall tube. Line will be specifically designed to safely and ergonomically slit strip with thickness in the range from 4 up to 16 mm.

As per the contract schedule, the line will start production within the first quarter of year 2013.

PURCHASE OF SALICO PACKAGE OF SHARES

Last October, Gerbolés family has completed the acquisition of 25% of the shares of mother company SALICO. After this, SALICO's ownership is equally divided in four parts among Salvioni, Colombo, Molteni and Gerbolés families. Moreover, both Mr. Juan Gerbolés and Mr. José María Gerbolés will join SALICO board of Directors, the latest acting as well as Managing Director.

VIMETCO ALRO

VIMETCO, world's seventh largest aluminium producer has awarded SALMEC the project for the flat products finishing shop modernization in the ALRO plant located in Slatina (Romania) and including the supply of three high performance lines focused in the production of 5xxx series alloys.

The project includes:

• A tension levelling line for 1,650 mm wide and 6.35 mm thick aluminium strip. Line will feature a tension levelling section with a sophisticated elongation control system, side trimming, inspection section, etc. Special mention is to be given to the rolls cleaning devices that will be installed within the equipment.
• A cut to length line for 1,650 mm wide and 6.35 mm thick aluminium strip. Line will include a heavy duty leveller with exchangeable cassettes, paper and film application station, patented "Sheet-tronic" eccentric rotary shear, double piling station vacuum stacker and sheet packages evacuation station.
• Slitting line for 1,650 mm wide and 6.35 mm thick aluminium strip. As main components we can mention the two automatically exchangeable slitter heads with offline test cut possibility, complete set of tooling of the highest quality and slit strips back-tensioning bridle rolls stand, specially designed for mark free processing of highest quality strip.

Special remark is to be given to the fact that the cut to length line will be placed just after the tension levelling line, in order to allow two working modes, either both lines working independently or working combined, so that strip will be tension levelled in the first place and then cut to length without intermediate recoiling.

EGYPTIAN COPPER WORKS

This aluminium producer located in the city of Alexandria in Egypt has placed an order on SALMEC for the supply of three State of the Art finishing lines, as part of the large modernization project that the company is currently undergoing which also includes up-gradation of the existing Cold Rolling Mill and Continuous Twin Roll Casters. The order on us includes the following lines:

• Tension leveling and washing line, featuring spools handling, edge trimming section, tension leveler and bridles, solvent type washing system, inspection station, etc.
• Cut to Length line, featuring a double cassette leveler with automatic change, paper & plastic film applicators, our patented eccentric rotary shear and a double station vacuum stacker.
• Slitting line, featuring an automatic turnstile for fast tools change, combined rolls tension device, complete set of tools, etc.

All three lines will also include most modern electric and automation packages with AC regenerative drive systems and most friendly HMI platforms for a proper operation and ease of maintenance.

The customer has paid special attention to the safety in operation of all three lines, being the scope of supply also inclusive of complete fencing and guarding around each line for compliance with EC safety regulations.

HINDALCO

HINDALCO, the flag ship of the indian Adytia Birla group of companies, owner of NOVELIS and first producer in the world of aluminium flat rolled products, has ordered from SALMEC the Project for the tension leveling and degreasing line of the new Plant that Hindalco is constructing in Hirakud, Orissa province in India. The line will include among other units a high tech leveler combined with an advanced elongation control system, electrostatic oiling machine for DOS application, automatic flatness measuring station, etc.

The new Rolling Plant in Hirakud will be the first one in India conceived specifically for the high demanding fabrication of can body stock. In order to accomplish the task, the Plant will run a tandem hot rolling mill which has been brought from the British ALCAN Rogerstone Plant together with some other finishing equipment, and also some other new equipment, all of them supplied by highly reputed international companies.

CELSA ATLANTIC

CELSA group, one of the biggest European steel making groups, has selected the consortium SALMEC&OTOMILS, leaded by SALMEC, for the supply of a continuous tension leveling line for 500*5 mm. steel strip, for CELSA site in Vitoria. This new technological investments by CELSA is a new step of this group in the direction of increasing its final product added value, which will be granted with optimum flatness conditions thanks to the new line. In addition, and by means of a welding station, the line will produce big diameter coils, using entry small diameter coils.

This line is very innovative from the technical point of view and unique worldwide. It will include a coils entry scrapping unit, double turning uncoiler, strip heads flattening section, flash butt welder, horizontal accumulator, tension leveling section, recoiling and evacuation including automatic coil circumferential strapping machine.

Line will go in full production in first quarter 2012.

ALUAR

Company Aluminio Argentino S.A.I.C., ALUAR, only Argentinean producer of primary aluminium, has awarded SALMEC a contract for the supply of two high standard cutting lines, for its site in Abasto in the suburbs of the city of Buenos Aires.

The slitting lines will be able to cut up to 40 slits and a speed up to 500 m/min., becoming in one of the quickest line in South America. The line will feature our unique tension bridle which ensures the quality for all alloys and tempers at very high speeds without any marks on the strip surface.

In order to guarantee high productivity, the line will include two slitting heads with automatic exchange device and automatic exchange systems for separator shafts, thus optimizing down times generated by tooling Exchange in this kind of lines.

Cut to Length line will include our patented eccentric rotary shear, sheet-tronic. Strip flatness is ensured by our double cassette leveler with automatic exchange carriage and high plastification capacity in order to guarantee metal deformation. Perfect stacking of sheets at maximum speed is ensured by our start-stop vacuum stacker, designed and manufactured inside our company. Line will be completed with completely automatic side trimming section and paper and plastic applicators.

PLANOS FERRICOS (PLAFESA)

PLAFESA has awarded SALMEC the new contract for the supply of a highly automated packing line, for its new plant currently being built in Portugal.

The line will receive coils slit in two parallel slitting lines, at present under manufacturing by SALMEC.

Main feature of the new packaging line is its high and updated automation, which will allow the line to run by its own and with minimum operator intervention. It is also designed for an easy extension in case of production requirements increase.

TUPER – BRAZIL

Because of its high interest, we must point out the new contract signed by our partner company SALICO with Brazilian company TUPER, one of the biggest pipes and automotive parts supplier in the country, for the supply of two state of the art and high performance cutting lines:

• Cut to Length Line for 2,000 mm. wide and 25 mm. thick steel strip. Line will feature as key components two heavy duty levelers for high plastification, a heavy duty flying shear and a stacker with "lift" type arms to minimize dust and noise generation.
• Slitting Line for 2,000 mm. wide and 15 mm. thick steel strip. Line will include our unique bridle rolls tension device for thick gauge strip, heavy duty slitter head with completely automatic tooling exchange and the special eccentric scrap chopper that allows knives change in three minutes’ time with no tool required for it. Line will be designed for future installation of a tooling loading robot with cleaning station, completely engineered and manufactured in-house.

These two highly technological lines reinforce our market position in the field of thick strip cutting lines.

NEW STEEL SERVICE CENTER

Spanish steel distributor PLAFESA and SALMEC have signed aa contract for the supply all three cutting lines to be installed in the new steel service center PLAFESA PORTUGAL, located in Aveiro, in the neighborhood of Porto.

Equipment will be supplied in “turn key” basis, including mechanical erection, interconnecting piping and cabling. The lines to be supplied are:

• Cut to Length Line 2,000 * 16 mm.
• Slitting Line 1,600 * 10 mm.
• Slitting Line 1,600 * 3 mm.

Main lines highlights are eccentric rotary shear in cut to length line, unique in the market, together with two heavy duty levellers to guarantee optimum flatness of the sheets for later laser cutting. Cut to length line is completed with a mechanical stacker, making this line one of the most advanced worldwide.

Both slitting lines are equipped with fast tooling change systems and will download slit coils to a common packing section.

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

SALMEC and the British company Midland Metals Assets Ltd. have signed a contract for the transfer to Salmec of the intellectual property right owned by Midland Metals in regards to their developments in flat metal strip tension leveling. The agreement includes the transfer of ownership on intellectual property of strip tension calculation software, residual curvature calculations, tension levelers drawings and manuals on fundamentals of strip tension leveling.

Up to now, our tension leveling lines were delivered after payment of royalty fees, which from this moment onward will be no longer required.

GONVARRI INDUSTRIAL

GONVARRI has placed his confidence on SALMEC for the supply of a Trapezoidal cutting line for their new Plant in Argentina.

The line will be specifically designed for processing of automotive steel strip with the most demanding characteristics.

As main elements the line includes our eccentric rotary and tilting shear TILTRONIC (Patent number 2202/93), characterized by its high productivity and its cutting quality, in terms of burr percentage, linearity and tear/cut ratio.

The high capacity leveler features automatic change of the cassette and is specially designed to provide a very high plastification ratio in high strength materials.

Line is foreseen to start its production within the first quarter of year 2011.

PT ALUMINDO

A new order by PT Alumindo has just been secured for a new tension levelling line for aluminium alloys up to 1,650 * 3 mm. This line will be installed in the Surabaya works, Indonesia. The line includes precision side trimmer, our own stitcher, all electric type of bridle rolls (4 + 4) and a cassette leveler including 4 work rolls and 2 decurving sections.

Equipment will be delivered at the end of 2010 and will come into operation in first half of 2011.

ARCELOR MITTAL

The leveller recently supplied by SALMEC to ARCELOR MITTAL TAILOR WELDED BLANKS has been successfully commissioned and Acceptance Certificate has been issued. Installation of new leveler into the existing blanking line was carried out during Christmas shutdown and with no impact on line production, which has continued the normal production Schedule.

The leveller has passed all tests in terms of levelling quality, for high strength strips for which it was intended.

EPS SERLACA

After one complete year of very intensive negotiations, last December a supply contract has been signed with state-owned Venezuelan Company EPS SERLACA for the delivery of all the finishing and cutting lines in the new aluminium rolling plant that Venezuelan government is building at present in Caicara del Orinoco. Our supply includes the following equipment:

• Tension Levelling Line.
• Electrolytic Degreasing Line.
• Slitting Line with automatic Packaging section.
• Cut to Length Line with automatic Packaging section.
• Complete Coils Packaging Line.

One of the main characteristics of the new plant is that coils to be processed are 15 ton in weight and 2,200 mm in width, thus becoming the biggest coils in South American aluminium sector and one of the biggest in the world. Each of the lines is equipped with the most advanced and innovative technologies in each field.

Our supply is in Turn Key basis, including in addition to the mechanical, electrical, automation, level 2 and auxiliaries the complete erection and commissioning as well as a very complete training program for operating and maintenance personnel. This training will include hands on operation in a first level European plant, theoretical and practical training in our workshop in Italy during Project execution and during lines commissioning on site. Finally, a two year long technical assistance program after plant start up will ensure an effective operation and maintenance know how transfer in the shortest time frame to meet the expected learning curve.

FOB delivery of equipment is expected for first half of 2011.

ASSAN ALÜMINYUM

This customer brings two pieces of news. On the one hand, Acceptance Protocol for the Cut to Length line sold during 2008 has been issued after a very straight forward commissioning phase that allowed commercial production from the very first cut coil.

At the same time as the Cut to Length line acceptance, Assan has confirmed their order for a a new slitting line for 1,650 mm. wide aluminium strip, thickness range from 0.15 to 2.0 mm.

Due to existing difficulties for excavation of a deep pit the slitting line will be prepared for future addition of a pit doubling roll. The line will feature our rolls bridle unit, designed for processing very sensitive material at high speeds with complete quality guarantee in terms of lack of marks or scratches.

PROFILGLASS

SALICO has signed a contract for the supply of a side trimming, embossing and cleaning line for aluminium strip with this important Italian customer who has, once more, trusted us for their new investment. SALMEC will supply the cleaning unit, main target being elimination of smut on strip surface. Unit includes an innovative technology with spraying, brushing, squeeging and filtering.

PERFILACERO

Final Acceptance Protocol has been issued by this Spanish customer for the 1,650*10 mm. steel strip slitting line delivered at the end of 2008.

YÜCEL BORU

One of the biggest tube mills in Turkey has signed with us a contract for the delivery of two state of the art cut to length lines, to be installed in their plant in the outskirts of Istanbul.

First Cut to Length line will cut hot rolled steel coils up to 45 Tons, strip width up to 2,000 mm. with thickness ranging from 6 to 20 mm.. This line features a heavy duty leveller that, together with the entry continuous flattener will ensure internal stress removal for perfect flatness required for laser cutting. Cut is performed by a flying shear, while stacking takes place in a mechanical stacker using the principle of minimum falling distance by means of a "lift" device.

Second line will cut cold rolled and galvanized steel up to 1,550*2.5 mm. at 80 m/min..

PT ALUMINDO

Our long time Indonesian customer has once again relied on SALMEC, this time for the supply of a Cut to Length for 1,650*3 mm. aluminium strip. Cut to Length line will feature a high capacity leveler, paper and film application and SALICO patented rotary shear (patent nº 22184 A/86) Tension Levelling line features a cassette 6HI leveler and entry and exit bridle rolls with all electric control, with each roll driven by an individual DC motor.

The line will be delivered, installed and commissioned within 2010.