When referring to a Bar Mill, what do the "inches" stand for? As in "13 inch Bar Mill?" The 13" Bar Mill in Lackawanna rolls 8" Billets into bars, but none of...
Boatlandmore@...
Feb 1, 2004 5:14 pm
7470
The inch in this case refers to the diameter of the roll of the bar mill - mostly the finishing stands. Jack ... As in "13 ... into bars, but...
Canadian workers will suffer in steel giant's insolvency By GREG KEENAN Toronto Globe and Mail 2/1/2004 The tidal wave of restructuring that is washing through...
Boatlandmore@...
Feb 1, 2004 10:22 pm
7472
For those of you that wonder what it looks like when gondolas loaded with steel slabs go bump in the night. Pat [Non-text portions of this message have been...
ya gotta love it when aol drops your message. Corunna IN was the scene of a derailment today. At approx 8 am an e/b freight train lost 23 cars, all steel gons...
Usually the "size" of the mill refers to the nominal pitch diameter or centerline distance of the pinions. The work rolls on most bar mills vary from "new...
Severstal closed their purchase of Rouge Steel on Friday, January 30. They also bought Rouge's 50% interest in Double Eagle and 48% interest in Spartan Steel...
Bruce E. Kettunen
bek@...
Feb 2, 2004 3:35 pm
7476
This is for those knowledgeable on Detroit area mills. Does anything exist from McLouth steel in Trenton (?) Michigan, the mill would be on the ex-DT&I line...
General concensus seems to be that they are going to phase out the Blast furnaces over a period of time, import slabs and increase use of Electric furnaces to...
My understanding is the blast furnaces are still there but are scheduled for demolition very soon (the spring, I don't have a date). the ore bridges are gone....
The SIG toured the facility last summer. Detroit Cold Roll is/was using the facilities at both Riverview and Trenton plant sites. The two blast furnaces at...
Everything is subject to change, but I talked to Rouge on Friday and they said it was business as usual except for some pay and benefit give backs. There will...
The Chessie System railroads built several thousand hopper cars in 1975 that had side sheets made from two pieces of steel, rather than the usual one. One...
In a message dated 2/2/2004 8:46:10 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... You're talkin' moon man language to me, I have no clue what any of that means. -B in B ...
Boatlandmore@...
Feb 3, 2004 1:50 am
7484
B in B the Pinions are gears in a box next to the mill and not on the moon. A shaft comes from the motor to the pinion box and 2 shafts from the pinion box to...
James E. Mack
lvrr@...
Feb 3, 2004 2:59 am
7485
It is called Detroit Steel Company (DSC). From what I know, they still have BF, BOF shop, HSM, but too old... jack ... using the facilities at both Riverview...
I doubt that is the correct answer. The last big recession was 1974-1976. They may have thought it was a cheaper way to do it, or the Arab oil embargo made...
ken_larsen007 <prometheus@...> wrote: "I'm confused, does this mean that they won't be using their "hot" processing facilities (blast furnaces, BOF,...
B - in B...the size of a Bar Mill ususally is the size of the mill's machinery (pinions). The size of a Bar Mill is usually not the size of the steel it...
Folks, I'm not sure if this is old news, but I saw on the CNN International News channel bottom scroll bar this morning that Brazil's CVRD (iron mining and...
OK, so then what does the 13" in 13" Bar Mill really tell you? In other words, why would you need to know it's a 13" bar mill, and not just a bar mill? Does...
Boatlandmore@...
Feb 3, 2004 5:23 pm
7491
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news? tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040202/ap_on_bi_ge/brazil_steel_mill_1 SAO PAULO, Brazil - The world's largest iron ore producer and...
Bigger in diameter or as in longer length? How many other bar mills are there in the US and what's their size? -Thanks again -B in B [Non-text portions of this...
Boatlandmore@...
Feb 3, 2004 9:46 pm
7496
I will say that most common bar mill roll sizes are 24", 18", 14", 12" and 10". Smaller size rolls will be used on rod mill - No Twist Rod Block - built with...
If anyone has steel to sell, please contact me. I am looking for any coil, sheet, or plate that you have for sale. If you know anyone with excess steel,...
I just got off the phone with McLouth (Detroit Cold Roll) in Gilbraltar, MI. 1st, Detroit Cold Roll is still open and running the rolling mill. 2nd, The blast...
Having problems with message search?
Fill out this form to ensure your group is one of the first to be migrated to the new message search system.
