• Controlled water application over transfer bar width and length in order to improve the rolling process in the finishing mill
• Equalized temperature profile
• Improved strip surface
• Higher production by lower oscillation times

HI_BOX^® system
(roughing mill exit area)

• Energy savings due to reduction of the furnace temperature
• Better temperature homogeneity over width and length
• More uniform forces and torques in the finishing mill
• Four times longer service lifetime than conventional design

• Flexible adjustable cooling rates
• High accuracy in achieving the required process temperatures
• Cost saving by reduction of alloying elements
• Enlarged product mix

New edge masking
(finishing mill exit area)

• Improved strip flatness in cooling sections (especially for thin strips)
• Equalized strip temperature distribution and therefore avoidance of asymmetric temperature profiles
• Separate movable and maintenance-friendly edge-masking shields

X-Pact^® Cooling Section Control
(cooling section)

• Cooling strategies for a wide range of hot rolled products
• Very high accuracy for repeatable material properties
• Designed for all different mechanical designs
• Exact control of coiling temperature
• Adaptable for next generation steel grades

X-Pact^® Integrated Temperature Model
(complete mill)

• Combining all processing steps from the furnace to the downcoiler to form a higher-order temperature model
• All processing steps interact and subordinate themselves to the best overall result
• Adjustment of material properties with an optimized temperature profile
• Stable, highest production with homogeneous work load in each production step