UK-based plantmaker Primetals Technologies has announced that it will revamp the merchant bar mill of Mexico-based steelmaker Grupo Simec, located in the state of Baja California, in order to increase overall mill efficiency.
Accordingly, the bar mill will be equipped with a new continuous roughing train in order to increase productivity, improve temperature control and ease maintenance. Furthermore, a new handling area will be set up, which will improve bar straightness, make cutting more precise and facilitate automatic formation of section stacks. The modernized mill is expected to be commissioned in the fourth quarter of 2019.