The finishing department

straightener

The capacity of the rolling train, depending on the  profile form and dimension, is between 80 up to 180 t per hour. After having passed the finishing stand, the dimensional accuracy of the rolled section is measured using laser technology.

Then the sections, which can be up to 100 m long, cool down on a walking beam cooling bed - until a temperature of about 80° is reached - before getting straightened in a 9-roll-straightener. During the cooling process the hot material stresses are reduced and the sections are straightened.

cold saw

In the following department - the finishing department - the sections are cut on a cold saw plant, consisting of 3 saws, to get the length requested by  the customers. Lengths from 5 m up to maximal 28 m are possible.

Two stackers are available for stacking the cut sections into bundles weighing 2 to 5 metric tons. Weighed, bundled and labelled, the packages are transferred to the dispatch department where they are either directly load onto freight cars or combined with orders from other customers. Three cranes equipped with lifting magnets will either load the bundles directly onto wagons or place them into storage.

loading in the shipping hall

Stahlwerk Thüringen GmbH has two outdoor storage facilities with a total storage capacity of 10,000 metric tons of sectional steel; here two cranes are deployed for loading the goods onto trucks.

outside storage area

Our production facilities also include the rolling mill equipment area where the grooved rolls are produced on nine turning lathes.