Hot rolling mills for aluminum

Hot rolling

Flexible concepts for Aluminum strip and plate

You are guaranteed to benefit from our long-standing technological expertise in hot rolling processes for the aluminum industry. Out of this comes highly developed technology, automation and service packages that feature custom-designed solutions for all your wants and needs.

Concepts

Reversing hot rolling line for plates

Main data

Production of plate
Width: up to 5.5 m
Thickness: up to 200 mm
Length: up to 35 m
Capacity: approx. 200,000 tpy

Compact single-stand reversing mill for strip

Main data

Production of strip (and plate)
Width: up to 3 m
Thickness: down to 3.5 mm
Capacity: approx. 150,000 tpy

Reversing mill for strip (1 + 1)

Main data

Production of strip and plate
Width: up to 3 m
Thickness: down to 2.5 mm
Capacity: approx. 250,000 tpy

Semi-continuous hot mill line for strip (1 + 4)

Main data

Production of strip
Width: up to 2.8 m
Thickness: down to 1.8 mm
Capacity: approx. 800,000 tpy

Ingot preparation

Best surface qualities down to micron level even on hard aluminum alloys

What makes Knoevenagel^® scalpers from SMS group stand out is their high rigidity. Not only that: they also effectively remove the oxide skin as well as any metallurgical impurities from the surface of ingots. Scalping the edges reduces the amount of trimming scrap generated in the subsequent hot rolling process. That also keeps the work rolls clean.

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Reheating technology

Pusher-type reheating furnace

Efficient reheating and ingot handling

Our aluminum-ingot reheating furnaces are available in direct gas-fired or electrically heated pusher-type versions. Whichever design you choose, your furnace effectively reheats continuous or semi-continuous ingots before hot rolling. You can also use it to homogenize ingots at higher temperatures. Then, after homogenization is complete, the ingots are cooled down to rolling temperature. Installed here is a special air-guiding system that achieves uniform temperature distribution during both heating and cooling.