The new hot strip cut-to-length line is part of the growth strategy

Presentation for Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH customers and partners

Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH presented its new hot strip cut-to-length line to its customers and partners on Monday, April 21, 2008. After the welcoming words by Technical Director Ulrich Grethe, the new facilities were officially commissioned.

The all-new line, representing total investments of some 20 million euros, is a further key component in the "Salzgitter Stahl 2012" growth strategy, which continues the offensive in high-quality steel products. The Salzgitter Group is positioning itself as a successful niche player with competitive advantages resulting from close customer relationships, product quality, flexibility and productivity. One of the fundamental goals of this strategy is a focus on high-strength and ultra-high-strength hot-rolled strip. In addition to this product portfolio expansion, the company is also striving to shift quantities to these higher grade product market segments.

This will accommodate the market's growing requirements and increasing demands. Detailed market analyses have shown a demand for more than 1.2 million tons of the highest quality laser sheets for the European wide strip market.

The tour of the new line provided ample scope for detailed talks among the steel experts. The new line's performance features met with special interest.

The hot strip cut-to-length line:

On the new line Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH is producing metal sheets in high and ultra-high strength qualities with excellent flatness and dimensional tolerances. One particular feature of the new hot strip cut-to-length line in Salzgitter is the high driving power of the straightening element, which is executed in a grid design. It is also possible to increase the stiffness of the straightening aggregate by pre-tensing the framework, consequently compensating for the back spring of the straightening roller sets. The new line will be able to cut sheets from 2 to 9 mm thick, up to an elastic limit of 1,100 MPa, as well as sheets of 2 to a maximum of 16 mm thickness, with an elastic limit of 850 MPa. The line configuration allows a maximum width of 2,000 mm and a manufacturing length between 1,000 mm and 16,000 mm.