Deacero rolling mill starts up in September

Italy-based equipment maker Danieli has announced that its 500,000 tons per year flexible rolling mill for bars and light sections installed at the Ramos Arizpe, Mexico, mill of Deacero began operating Sept. 7, 2018.

The company credits “perfect teamwork between [the] Deacero and Danieli teams” for bringing the production line to life after 20 months of project execution and construction and less than one month of cold commissioning activity.

Three days after its hot startup, the mill was rolling at 70 percent of its maximum capacity (including a four strands slitting process), “which will lead to a very fast rump-up learning curve,” says Danieli.

The rolling mill is designed to produce rebar steel and merchant bars, including angles, channels, flats and T-profiles. Danieli has previously equipped the Ramos Arizpe Deacero mill with some 1.5 million tons per year of electric arc furnace (EAF) melting capacity, according to its website.

The 20-pass mill is fed with 160- and 180-mm square billets in cold charge and hot charge mode with direct transfer from a continuous caster.

According to Danieli, “This is the fourth complete Danieli mini-mill installed at Deacero, for a total of eight rolling mills for bars, wire rod and merchant bars.” The equipment provider says it has a “50-year successful relationship” with Deacero.