09 APRIL 2015www.engineeringcapacity.com
Preparations are on for the new coil processing division of ThyssenKrupp
Edited by : AL CIRCLE
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A two year £4.0m investment programme is taking shape at the Vetchberry Steels, the coil processing division of ThyssenKrupp Materials (UK) Ltd.
Following the relocation of a newly installed 1650 mm wide coil cut to length li ne which will form the nucleus of a dedicated sheet and blanks production centre for stainless steel and aluminium, the ground work is getting underway for a new 1850 mm wide coil slitting line.
Adrian Palmer, operations manager for the business explains: “The new line, built by Georg in Germany and the UK, requires a looping pit as deep as a three-storey block of flats is tall.”
Preparation involved sinking 132 concrete piles 15 metres deep to support the excavation, and around 100,000 gallons of subterranean spring water has been environmentally recycled.
The work to commission the new slitting line, expected to be the most efficient in the UK for stainless steel and aluminium coil production, will take 3 months, yielding significant benefits for ThyssenKrupp’s existing customers and increased capacity to develop new markets, and says the company, cementing Vetchberry’s position as a premier service centre for stainless steel and aluminium.
Following the relocation of a newly installed 1650 mm wide coil cut to length li ne which will form the nucleus of a dedicated sheet and blanks production centre for stainless steel and aluminium, the ground work is getting underway for a new 1850 mm wide coil slitting line.
Adrian Palmer, operations manager for the business explains: “The new line, built by Georg in Germany and the UK, requires a looping pit as deep as a three-storey block of flats is tall.”
Preparation involved sinking 132 concrete piles 15 metres deep to support the excavation, and around 100,000 gallons of subterranean spring water has been environmentally recycled.
The work to commission the new slitting line, expected to be the most efficient in the UK for stainless steel and aluminium coil production, will take 3 months, yielding significant benefits for ThyssenKrupp’s existing customers and increased capacity to develop new markets, and says the company, cementing Vetchberry’s position as a premier service centre for stainless steel and aluminium.
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