METEC in Düsseldorf is one of the world’s leading trade fairs for the metallurgy and steel industry. KOCKS will be showing its latest technological solutions. The company’s rolling mills, and equipment will be on display from June 12 to 16, 2023, in hall 1. Visitors to KOCKS will find a flexible machine concept, a facelift of its sizing blocks and updated digital, automation and cooling solutions.
Updated IRSB® machine concept as intermediate mill
Commonly, the proven KOCKS RSB® tech-nology finds its application as a finishing unit in high-performance SBQ-mills for rolling straight bar or bar in coil, as well as pre-finisher in high-speed sizing appli-cations for wire rod. Now, KOCKS has made its proven 3-roll technology ready for an integration as an intermediate mill. The iRSB® has been developed to replace traditional 2-high stands. This comes with several advantages.The 3-roll intermediate block, gives rolling mill operators more options in terms of flexibility and safety. Especially in rolling mills where space is limited, still being able to add additional reduction capacities grants some very crucial advantages. For example, bigger billet sizes can be used, or a different, more flexible distribution of the reduction in the stands is feasible – which allows it to further optimize the quality of the finished product.With an iRSB®, Steel producers benefit from a tailor-made rolling mill with a mini-mum footprint and less foundation and piping efforts. Foremost, the iRSB® not only helps optimize the overall project costs but also the operating costs with the lowest possible media and energy consump-tion per kilogram of rolled material and efficiency gains over the entire mill line, e.g. through a reduction of needed stand changes. Furthermore, the whole mill operation is simplified due to a fully auto-matic stand change. No overhead crane manipulation or manual, operator-requiring adjustments in the rolling mill are needed.
Upgrade of KOCKS reducing and sizing blocks
n the steel industry, KOCKS unique Reducing & Sizing Blocks (RSB®) stand for maximum overall performance and reliability. After the successful completion of the project, ‘Per-formance. Reborn’, the finishing blocks now comes with an advanced design featuring an updated safety cover and casings and with the future-oriented BAMICON OCTOPUS software. Thus, the RSB® is now even better equipped to meet the ever-changing demands of the steel industry. The new design features a more compact block that improves the accessibility and ease of use for operators. The new safety design minimizes the risk of accidents and injuries, making the RSB® not only more efficient but also safer.KOCKS’ customers can rely on the same great overall performance and reliability well-known from the previous generations. Moreover, the new design allows for easier integration of peripheral equipment, such as measuring systems. The use of profile gauges systems the standard in the steel industry over the past years, as they assure the product quality supervision.
Automation & Digitization: Towards the rolling mill 4.0
Embedded in a profound strategy, KOCKS continuously invests in the further deve-lopment of its rolling mill equipment and digital solutions as well as modern auto-mation technology. True to the motto #itsmorethanjustamachine, the roll shop is now covered by a tailor-made solution that supports the entire tooling process from start to finish. The BAMICON OCTOPUS software assists operators in the stand and guide preparation in the roll shop and helps with all verification steps up to, during and after rolling, including assistance for setup corrections and maintenance as needed. Additionally, it supports planners finding the perfect rolling program and automati-cally calculates the optimum rolling set-up. The optional KOCKS SCS® has also been improved and is now available in a more powerful version. The real-time closed-loop control system analyzes and optimizes the operating parameters of the KOCKS block to achieve and maintain the optimum operating state.As a qualified partner for producers of special steel and sophisticated materials, KOCKS introduces different consulting for the entire long product rolling process.
