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News Release from: Morgan Construction Company
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Team on 02 May 2002
Brazilian rod mill comes on stream
Morgan Construction Company has successfully commissioned the upgraded single-strand rod mill at Gerdau Riograndense, in Sapucaia do Sul, RS, Brazil.
Morgan Construction Company has successfully commissioned the upgraded single-strand rod mill at Gerdau Riograndense, in Sapucaia do Sul, RS, Brazil This mill was originally built in 1980
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 9 Mar 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Morgan do Brasil, a Morgan subsidiary headquartered in Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, recently manufactured and installed a number of pieces of equipment, including two water boxes, equalisation troughs and a pinch roll.
In addition, the upgrade included a Morgan enhanced temperature control system (METCS).
Designed and supplied by Morgan USA, the METCS is designed for precise rod temperature regulation.
Fernando AD Guerra, President of Morgan do Brasil, who announced the successful commissioning, said, "The new equipment has been designed to work with the mill at its current speed, as well as in the future when the mill is expanded to produce a greater product range of 5.5 to 16mm diameter rod at higher speeds of up to 100m/s".
Currently the Riograndense mill produces carbon steel rod in size ranges of 5.5 to 14mm diameter at speeds of up to 75m/s.
Annual production is currently 250,000 metric tonnes.
With this latest upgrade, the quality and yield from the mill will be greatly enhanced, he said, adding, "This is an important step toward the longer-term goal of increasing production to 500,000 metric tonnes per year".
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