期待投产
A project of this size takes about two years to build. It is a complex process that has a large number of milestones to it. A first milestone for the public was the METEC 2015 trade fair, where visitors had the opportunity to get a first impression of the scope of supply at the SMS group booth. There, a drive spindle was exhibited, which was to be driving one of the CSP® mill stands at Big River Steel. The drive spindle had been manufactured at the SMS group workshop in Hilchenbach.
From mid-2015 on, the plant equipment arrived at the Big River Steel site in Arkansas. Mark Bula, Chief Commercial Officer at Big River Steel:
现在，我们每天大约能收到 40 到 50 个来自海外的包装箱，这些包装箱来自西马克集团生产这种设备的所有地区。我们的下一个重要里程碑是开始组装这些设备。冷连轧机是我们项目进程中的下一个重要步骤。
货物中中有 6 台机架，每台重约 105 吨，由西马克集团在德国的车间制造，然后跨越大西洋运来美国。
我最期待的事情之一就是机架的到来。这些机架是在希尔兴巴赫制造的。我的一些同事曾有机会前往希尔兴巴赫，亲眼目睹了这些机架的实际制作过程。这将是该项目的一个非常、非常大的里程碑。这些机架比计划提前到达是对西马克集团最大的褒奖。他们在装船之前对这些机架的检验非常、非常、非常出色。
