Large bar mill, Xining Special Steel Co. (China)

Xining Special Steel produces high-quality, long round bars with large diameters – so-called “large bars” – are used in the automotive and aerospace industries as well as for engineering use.

These precision large bars are produced in different steel grades including spring steel, bearing steel and stainless steel.

Included are the following core equipment:

• Hot charging
• Blooming mill stand
• Continuous finishing train with eight hydraulic compact stands (HCS^®) in V-H-arrangement
• PROgauge profile measuring system
• HSC Hydraulic Size Control system
• Turnover cooling beds
• Single bar stamping
• Retarded cooling

• Steel grades: Carbon structural and toll steel, Alloy tool steel, Spring steel, Cold heading      steel, Ball bearing steel, Stainless steel
• Feedstock length: 3 – 12 m
• Capacity: 800,000 t/year
• Finished product: Bars in diameters between Ø80 – Ø300 mm