Morgan Mill Commissioned at Saarstahl
WORCESTER, Mass., February 29, 2000

Morgan Construction Company has successfully completed the installation of a mill upgrade at Saarstahl AG, in Neunkirchen, Germany.

The contract, signed last year, was for a major upgrade to Saarstahl's existing single-strand SMS-Morgan rod mill at its Neunkirchen site. The mill, which was originally built in 1962, has had a number of modifications to it since then.

According to Joseph J. Rinaldi, director of Installation & Services and Project Management, "The upgrade included the installation of four (4) No-Housing vertical stands, along with new drives, spindles and spindle carriers.

"As part of the upgrade," he continued, "the existing horizontal stand bases were modified to increase the stand traverse capability and to accept future No-Housing stands. New uploopers were installed before two of the stands to provide tension-free rolling. The latter will improve the dimensional consistency of the feed section to the pre-finishing mill stands and, hence, the finished product," he added.

He also noted, "The reform station modifications and vertical coil handling system have been designed to provide full and half weight coils respectively at the present and future rolling rates of 100 and 140 tons per hour."

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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