Tailor-made solutions for more customer value
Minimills are part of our DNA. We pioneered the idea of an integrated plant consisting of an electric-arc furnace and associated rolling mill - and turned it into reality. Today, SMS minimills consistently deliver the highest performance and shortest downtimes. You'll always receive innovative, integrated automation solutions designed to boost productivity and reduce your manpower. All this ensures you reap a fast return on investment.
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Product range
Always the right choice, from start to finishOur melt shops and rolling mill technologies set the benchmark for long-product minimills, with capacities ranging from 150,000 to over 2,000,000 tpy. Here you'll find the most complete product range in the industry - whether it's for wire rod and coiled bars, or straight merchant and SBQ bars, sections, rails, or pipes. Wherever possible, we combine leading technology with top quality from renowned brands, all of which have become part of the SMS group over the years. Included here are ABB, Mannesmann Demag, Schloemann, Siemag, MAN-GHH, Krupp, Möller & Neumann, Sack, and many others. All this ensures you get smooth processes and perfect product quality.
CMT® Technology
Direct link between caster and rolling mill
Our CMT® technology eliminates the need for handling and reheating by linking the caster to the mill. An induction heater gives you perfect control of the starting temperature for the rolling mill - according to the billet speed. Using CMT® technology means no foundation works in the furnace area and no billet storage are necessary. Environmental aspects demonstrated by the Tung Ho reference plant:
- Savings of 72,000 tpy of CO2 emissions (greenhouse effect)
- Savings of 410 tpy of SO2 emissions (acid rain)
- Savings of 225 tpy of NOx emissions (acid rain)




Selected References
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Ecoplants: Acting Economically – Growing Sustainably
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Long Product Minimills
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Shagang Group: Trust in state-of-the-art technology for more than two decades
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CELSA Maximum flexibility: 3.7 product changes per day
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SLOVAKIA STEEL MILLS: Slovakia's first Minimill
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South Steel: Bar mill designed for sustainable competitiveness
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Steel Dynamics: Size matters: Minimill exceeds 2 million t/y capacity
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Tung Ho Steel: Minimill with groundbreaking power efficiency
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United Steel Company: Turnkey Minimill for beams and sections
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Contact

Frank Isken
SMS group GmbH
Service Long Products
Ohlerkirchweg 66
41069 Mönchengladbach
Germany
Phone
: +49 2161 350 2879