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Are you experiencing unnecessary downtime in your downcoiler operations due to frequent side guide liner changes? Are worn liners causing unwanted strip edge and surface defects? 💡 Perhaps it is time to enhance your downcoiler efficiency with the X-Roll® Guide Coiler from SMS group. Leave behind the challenges associated with conventional side guide liners.     The X-Roll® Guide Coiler features guide liners with rotating wear pieces, distinguished by a larger wear area. These liners are designed to extend operation time and reduce strip quality issues. ⚙️    Experience the SMS X-Roll® Guide Coiler, offering a service life up to 20 times longer than conventional liners, while increasing the productivity and efficiency of your hot rolling operations. Retrofitting existing plants is straightforward, and the return on investment is achieved within just one year.     The X-Roll® Guide Coiler is part of the X-Roll® Guide Concept, delivering the highest stability for the hot rolling process.    Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/evjWWzvA #hotstripmill #decarbonization #leadingpartner #turningsmetalsgreen

Baosteel Desheng has officially granted the Final Acceptance Certificate (FAC) to SMS group for the successful completion of its advanced Vacuum Oxygen Decarburization (VOD) plant.📝 With an annual capacity of 417,000 tons, the VOD system enables the production of high-purity stainless steel, meeting the stringent requirements of industries such as automotive, aerospace, and construction.✅ As Li Jiancheng from Baosteel Engineering highlights, “The VOD system elevates our production capabilities.”  Matthias Oesterwind from SMS group adds, “This project sets a benchmark for future innovation in steelmaking.” Read the full press release here: https://lnkd.in/gDyC2Q_7    #StainlessSteel #VacuumOxygenDecarburization #SteelInnovation

Our X-Pact® Pickling Model for #StainlessSteel, as a standalone solution, is set to make a major impact - ensuring optimal surface quality, minimizing resource consumption, and simplifying the handling of the pickling process with state-of-the-art automation.   Discover how we will advance Outokumpu Stainless USA annealing and pickling process toward more sustainable, profitable, and flexible plant operations. 🔽

TOSYALI SULB Steel Industries has entrusted SMS group and our consortium partner, Midrex Technologies, Inc., with the supply of a cutting-edge DRI (direct reduced iron) complex in Benghazi, Libya. This new project will feature MIDREX Flex® technology, enabling the production of 2.5 million tons per year of cold direct reduced iron in its first phase.        This marks the third collaboration between SMS group and TOSYALI in the DRI business, following the success of the two plants we delivered for Tosyalı Algérie in Algeria.      With this new plant in Libya, which is capable of operating on natural gas and transitioning to hydrogen, we are reinforcing our joint commitment to sustainability, decarbonization, and the production of low-carbon, high-quality steel.         We are honored to continue our long-standing partnership and to support TOSYALI’s vision of transforming the steel industry while contributing to a greener future. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eWsF_eqa #turningmetalsgreen #DRI #hydrogen #decarbonization

📷 MoVE System - provides precision with every guide calibration.  In the world of metal processing, precision isn't just a goal - it's a necessity.    For maximum component life and failure-free production you can rely on our complete range of calibration devices allowing a precise and repeatable roller guide calibration and alignment off-stand and in the mill line.     ▶️ Curious about the details? Let’s get in contact: guides@sms-group.com    #rollingmills #MetalsIndustry #wirerod #barmills #rollingguides

Our Conseal for Slabs has revolutionized the roll startup process, ensuring a fully sealed mold and significantly reducing breakouts. No more cooling scrap—just a quick, reliable, and damage-free solution for smoother operations. Find out why Tata Steel IJmuiden BV calls it a game changer ⬇️

Our collaboration with Speira aims to set new operational benchmarks. By implementing our cutting-edge digitalization technologies, we will contribute to the digital transformation of aluminum scrap recycling processes at their sites in Töging am Inn, Grevenbroich, and Deizisau, Germany.  💡The Metallics Optimizer learning charge-mix optimization solution will play a key role in improving Speira's scrap charging processes, operational efficiency and cost reduction. By integrating with their melting and holding furnaces, the Metallics Optimizer will refine alloy recipes and enable a step-by-step charging process, providing optimized recipe suggestions and evaluating different charge mix scenarios. 🔄🔍 Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/gdFsvFN6 #digitalization #aluminum #technology

Staying ahead in the steel industry requires not just adaptation but strategic foresight. In 2023, we conducted a comprehensive analysis for elmarakby steel to identify key areas for optimization, leading to a 10% increase in production capacity.   Now, El Marakby has decided to take the next step by commissioning us to modernize the minimill and upgrade the electric arc furnace, the casting plant, and the rolling mill.   The goals? Enhanced efficiency, reduced costs, and an increase in production from 400,000 to 460,000 tons annually, along with the addition of 150-millimeter square billets to our customers' portfolio. Read about the minimill upgrade in our latest press release: https://lnkd.in/e8Tn8wTQ #Upgrade #Modernization #Minimill #EAF #Casting

Kardemir is upgrading its production capabilities with a new five-strand combi-continuous caster. The casting plant is designed to produce three square billet sizes, one bloom size, and one beam blank section, with an annual output exceeding 1.2 million tons. This means more billets, blooms, and beam blanks—with less downtime and higher efficiency.   Equipped with smart automation, electromagnetic stirring, and precision mold technology, this caster is built to perform. Cheers to 25 years of partnership – and counting! 🥂   🔗 Read more about this project: https://lnkd.in/ejYnySsv

17 years, 50 million tons of hot metal, a production 20% above design capacity. That's the story of Tata Steel's blast furnace H in Jamshedpur, India. You want to learn more? Read the full article 👇