04/01/2021 – Successful modernized
Nisco rolled bar on Kocks biggest 3-roll
The Chinese company Nanjing Iron+Steel Co Ltd. (Nisco) has successful modernized its 800,000t/a medium bar mill incorporating a Reducing+Sizing Block (“RSB”) 500++/4 in 5.0 design by Friedrich Kocks GmbH+Co KG.
The “RSB” 500++/4, which is so far the biggest Kocks 3-roll Reducing+Sizing block, operates as the finishing unit for the production of straight bars within a dimensional range from Ø 50mm to Ø 160mm. Apart from the “RSB 5.0”, Kocks is also responsible for the thermo-mechanical rolling process including five water boxes and full automation package. The low temperature rolling process is applied for sizes up to Ø 130mm. With the modernization of its 800,000t/a medium bar mill incorporating the Kocks “RSB 5.0”, Nisco consolidates and further expands its market share in the SBQ market.