Morgan Construction Company has received an order to upgrade the existing combination rod and bar mill at Sanyo Special Steels in Himeji, Japan, through their Japanese licensee, Sumitomo Heavy Industries and Sumitomo Corporation.
WORCESTER, Mass., June 14, 1996

The contract includes the installation of 2 two-stand compact sizing mills, capable of producing close tolerance rods with a guaranteed delivery speed of 100 m/s and a design speed of 120 m/s. The compact sizing mills will increase the speed and utilization of the rod mill while improving the quality and shape of the rod produced. The rod tolerance will be better than +/- 0.1 mm throughout the full range of sizes. Another feature is low temperature rolling, which produces finer grain steel structure and more compact coils.

In addition, the contract calls for installation of a new pinch roll, ring distributor, side shifting waterboxes and a laying head that is specially designed with a rollerized pipe and other modifications to improve the yield of stainless alloy grades. The mill produces high-quality stainless steel bar and rod used in ball bearings, springs and other products for the automotive industry in the domestic and export markets.

Morgan’s reducing and sizing mill equipment is the result of continuous research and development to satisfy today’s customer requirements. This latest technological advancement is an innovation that can provide proven increased productivity, improved mill utilization, improved rod tolerances, improved rod ovality, free size range and improved metallurgical properties. To maintain high production and low operation costs, more and more customers are turning to Morgan for their reducing and sizing mill equipment as the most logical solution.

Morgan Construction Company, is a designer and producer of high-quality rolling mill products and services for the metal industry worldwide.

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