Danieli upgrades NLMK Clabecq plate mill

Danieli has upgraded the plate mill at NLMK in Clabecq, Belgium, the technology supplier tells Kallanish.

The investment is aimed at increasing the quality of thin-gauge steel, to improve plate profiles and mill-flatness performance.

Danieli installed new “hydraulic actuators for gap control (HAGC) for stands 3 and 4, a brand new hydraulic bending system, as well as new loopers for stands 1 to 4 connected to a new hydraulic power unit,” the Italian firm says. It also upgraded the technological control system.

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