Siemens aluminum rod mill sold to Southwire for end user Dubai Cable Co.

Siemens Metals Technologies has received an order from the Southwire Company, Carrollton, Georgia, USA, to supply an aluminum rod system for wire and cable producer Dubai Cable Co. (Ducab) of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The new mill will be located in Taweelah, Abu Dhabi, with commissioning expected in summer 2015.

Siemens is responsible for the engineering, manufacturing and commissioning of the rolling mill and coiler equipment for a Southwire SCR AL 3650 rolling mill to produce EC and 6201 electrical alloy. The contract scope includes a 500 mm entry shear with crop discharge table, a three-stand roughing mill, a seven-stand finishing mill, dual reel coiler, automatic strapping and coil unloading equipment. The new mill will run 8 metric tons per hour, and is rated to produce annually 50,400 metric tons of rods that are 9.5 mm, 12 mm and 15 mm in diameter. The dual reel coiler allows Ducab to produce coils with two different diameters to meet different customer requirements, and the automatic strapping and unloading features will increase efficiencies in the coil handling process.

One of the leading manufacturers of energy cables in the Middle East, Ducab was founded in 1979 by the government of Dubai as a joint venture with BICC cables, and is now equally owned by ICD (Private investment of Government of Dubai) and Senaat (Private investment of the Government of Abu Dhabi). They supply a wide range of power cables and accessories to customers in more than 40 countries across the globe.

Southwire has worked together Siemens for more than 50 years. During that time, the company has built more than 100 non-ferrous mills for Southwire customers, in addition to completing nearly 30 upgrades.