H&K Industrieanlagen: New slab turnover device for Dillinger Hütte

New equipment to speed up slab handling

H&K Industrieanlagen: New slab turnover device for Dillinger Hütte

The new plant turns over slabs of up to 90 t weight in 90 seconds

H&K Industrieanlagen has received an order from heavy-plate producer Dillinger Hütte to supply a new slab turnover device for the heavy-plate mill. The new device will turn slabs through 180° for the next processing step.

The device will be installed in the slab handling area and designed for up to 500 mm thick slabs or blooms of 12,500 mm maximum length and 90 t maximum weight.

The turnover levers, actuated by four hydraulic cylinders, form the core equipment of the device. The integrated system designed by the sensor technology for path tracking, the controls and the mechanical equipment ensures that the slabs are moved gently, by preventing them from falling over or tilting backwards during the turnover movement. Operator safety is always priority.

When designing the mechanical components, great emphasis was also placed on functionality and easy maintenance.

The order comprises the planning, design, manufacture, installation and commissioning of the complete plant. H&K supplies all the mechanical and hydraulic equipment as well as the basic engineering for the electric equipment – all from a single source – H&K are currently designing the plant. Installation is scheduled for the end of 2012.

About H&K Industrieanlagen GmbH

H&K Industrieanlagen GmbH (H&K) was established in 2010 by the company“s current Executive Partners who had acquired the assets in a management buy-out of the business area „Rolling Mill Technology“ of the Danish company FLSmidth. The company has its roots in the two companies Koch Transporttechnik GmbH and Hoestemberghe & Klütsch GmbH, which were both founded more than 60 years ago. Through this background, H&K bundles more than six decades of steel industry experience.

The company develops and provides complete solutions for rolling mills, from continuous casting through to the finish-rolled section or sheet. It specializes in customized solutions for both new plants and plant modernizations, which are supplied complete with automation, control and network systems and all ancillary equipment.

The range of products comprises
– rolling equipment: hot rolling stands for long products such as sections, special sections or steel bars
– conveying equipment: roller tables, skids, cooling beds, turnover and shifting devices,
– machining and finishing equipment for cutting, sawing, shearing, cooling and straightening.

H&K plans, designs, manufactures and supplies its plants on a turnkey basis, including erection and commissioning, operator training and service. The company currently has a workforce of 80. Many of them are engineers and technicians specialized in mechanical or electrical engineering, automation and civil engineering.

Kontakt:
H&K Industrieanlagen GmbH
Nicolas Fritzen
An der Windmühle 9 – 11
D-66780 Rehlingen-Siersburg/Germany
+49.6835.95975-0
info@koch-hk.com
http://www.koch-hk.com

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