12/01/2022 – Final Acceptance Certificate
Shandong Iron and Steel issued FAC to Kocks
The Chinese state-owned steel producer Shandong Iron and Steel Group Co Ltd. (SGIS) issued to Friedrich Kocks GmbH+Co KG, Germany, the FAC (Final Acceptance Certificate) for the 3-roll Reducing+Sizing Block (RSB) 500++/4 in 5.0 design.
The new medium section bar mill at Laiwu works has implemented the Kocks “RSB 500++/4”, including size control system (SCS), a 4D Eagle profile gauge and the design and closed-loop automation for the low temperature rolling process. The RSB produces SBQ products within a range of Ø 50.0mm up to Ø 130.0mm. SGIS is the 12th biggest steel producer in the world with an annual production of nearly 22 million tons of steel and enters with the biggest Kocks RSB the expanding and demanding market for medium size SBQ products with excellent metallurgical properties.