NORD Drivesystems Geared Motors for Rolling Mills |
Nord Gear Corp.
800 Nord Dr., P.O. Box 367
Waunakee, WI, 53597
USA
Press release date: January 13, 2012
In recent years, NORD Drivesystems has been very active in the steel industry in China and India. NORD has supplied 2,500 geared motors to the Shanghai Baosteel Group Corporation for a heavy plate mill in Pudong which produces, sheets for the ship building industry, amongst others.
Roll table drives are essential parts of a steel mill's equipment. They need to be fully reliable, or else entire production lines threaten to stand still, which may result in irreparable damages to the equipment if freshly cast goods stay on the roller tables for too long. The drives must withstand harsh environments, extremely irregular operating modes, heavy loads, and maximum temperatures. Roller drives must deliver high torques. They must be able to instantly reverse the rolling direction and feature variable speed adjustment. This entails high electrical, mechanical, and thermal stress on the drives.
In the Pudong rolling mill, steel slabs are rolled into sheets. The slabs, freshly cast in a continuous caster, are transported into a reheat furnace via roller tables. The furnace spits them out red-hot. They pass through a high-pressure descaler which removes the mill scale. Because of the spray water, the drives in this area provide IP66 protection. Next, after the slabs have been tapped, the pieces are rolled to the required thickness and size. The sheets then pass through an accelerated cooling line to a cooling bed, and to customization. The roller tables for slab transport have rollers mounted with one meter distance between them, each powered by one geared motor. The load torque must be high enough for the motor to stand in for a neighboring machine in case of a breakdown. To ensure that the roller tables do not come to a standstill in any event, five to seven drives per ten rollers must be powerful enough to transport the rolled stock.
More than 800 helical gearmotors were installed on the roll tables in the shearing lines which require up to 500 switches per hour and accelerations of up to 3.4 m/s². In addition, Baosteel uses geared motors from NORD in the hot area, for instance in the descaler and as roller drives, but also in the accelerated cooling line. For maximum loads, NORD supplies large industrial gear units which generate torques of up to 1,770,000 lb-in (200,000 Nm) - they are extremely suitable for applications in the cooling bed, on chain conveyors, and on guide rollers.
To support the changing loads and often fast accelerations, roll tables in the steel industry require drives with high starting and breakdown torques. If a steel slab gets stuck, the drives must withstand the resulting overload. Because of the demanding tasks with changing duty types and high ambient temperatures, steel factories often prefer "time-honored" roll table motors, i.e. motors with ring fins which not only provide excellent self-cooling through convection, but are dirt-repellent when mounted horizontally.
NORD's straight-finned TENV motors have been designed for frequent reversals and provide perfect protection from dust, dirt, and spray water. Featuring a larger amount of material and bigger bearings and shafts, these specific motors withstand greater loads and have a longer service life than conventional industrial motors in the same performance range.
The motors for Baosteel were fitted with a special winding that contains temperature sensors and an incremental encoder. For an efficient cooling in rugged environments, they employ natural convection (totally enclosed non-ventilated - or TENV - models) or forced convection (totally enclosed fan cooled - or TEFC - models). The non-ventilated design provides perfect protection from dirt and water The new energy efficient IE2 motors from NORD furthermore allows for innovative drive system layouts and cost savings. They generate less heat loss than the preceding generation, and depending on the size, they can, if necessary, permanently be operated at a 150% performance factor without reducing the availability of the drive system. In addition to large power reserves, IE2 energy efficient motors from NORD feature increased starting and breakdown torques, higher speed, and typically require less power for the rated output.
Company background Baosteel
The Shanghai Baosteel Group Corporation is the largest Chinese iron and steel corporation. In 2009, it was the third largest steel producer worldwide with an output of about 39 million tons. Baosteel's environmental management has been certified according to ISO14001. The three main product groups, high-strength carbon steels, stainless steels, and special steels, are used in various industries, e.g. in automobile and aircraft construction, for pipelines and electronic devices. Baosteel is a government-owned stock company. The Fortune 500 corporation has more than 100,000 employees.
Company background
NORD was founded in 1965 to develop, produce, and market drive technology. As an industry leader ranking # 2 in US & Canada and # 2 as the Global Leader, NORD reaches nearly all markets. With 2600 employees and 35 assembly factories worldwide, sales and support is available in 60+ countries. This ensures short delivery times and services close to you. NORD supplies application-specific concepts and solutions; including but not limited to energy-saving drives. NORD provides wide range of products to meet your needs; such as gearboxes with torque ratings from 8.5 lb-in to 1,770,000 lb-in and electric motors with power ratings from 1/6 HP to 250 HP. In addition, the product line consists of high performance AC Vector Drives and AC Drives for panel mount or distributed motor mount.
www.nord.com
NORD Gear Corp.
P.O. Box 367 - 800 Nord Drive
Waunakee, WI 53597
HOUDEK Barbara
Phone: + 1 608 849 7300
Fax: + 1 608 849 7367
barbara.houdek@nord.com
Getriebebau NORD GmbH & Co. KG
Rudolf-Diesel-Straße 1
22941 Bargteheide/Hamburg
Germany
NIERMANN Jörg
Phone: +49(0) 45 32 / 401 - 360
Fax: +49(0) 45 32 / 401 - 254
Joerg.Niermann@nord.com
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