Steel machines, step by step

The machines are in the order they work in the process. Ask us about any of them: we check feasibility and the import rules before we quote.

Scrap preparation

Scrap is sorted, cut to size and pressed into bales so it melts evenly.

Scrap shear
A heavy hydraulic blade that cuts long or bulky scrap into pieces that fit the furnace.
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Baling press
Squeezes loose, light scrap into dense bales, so it charges into the furnace easily and melts evenly.
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Scrap is melted in a furnace and the chemistry of the steel is adjusted in the ladle.

Induction furnace
A crucible wrapped in a water-cooled copper coil; an electric current induces heat inside the scrap until it melts.
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Ladle
A steel vessel lined with refractory brick that carries molten steel from the furnace to the casting machine; its chemistry is adjusted here.
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Molten steel is cast into long square bars called billets, which are cut to length as they cool.

Continuous casting machine
Pours molten steel into a water-cooled mould, from which a solid square strand is drawn out and cut into billets.
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Billets are heated evenly in a furnace until they are soft enough to roll.

Reheating furnace
A long, fuel-fired furnace that heats cold billets evenly through to rolling temperature.
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The hot billet passes through a line of rolling stands that make it longer and thinner, then water cooling hardens the surface of the bar.

Rolling mill stands
Pairs of grooved rolls in a row; each pass squeezes the hot billet longer and thinner until it becomes a bar of the right size.
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Quenching system
Sprays water onto the hot bar as it leaves the last stand, hardening its surface while the core stays tough.
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Bars cool on a bed, are cut to standard lengths, counted, tagged and bundled.

Cooling bed
A wide rack of notched bars that walks the hot bars sideways through the air until they are cool and straight.
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Cold shear
Cuts the cooled bars, several at a time, to standard lengths.
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Bundling machine
Counts the cut bars, gathers them into bundles and ties them with wire for dispatch.
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