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GERDAU S.A orders high-performance abrasive cut-off machine with peripheral equipment for hot cutting of billets to replace moveable fiction saw I FEBRUARY 2023
The Brasilian GERDAU S.A., Pindamonhangaba, SP / Brazil has placed an order with Austria’s BRAUN Maschinenfabrik GmbH for the supply of a dry abrasive cut-off machine, type TS 16 W with peripheral equipment.
Gerdau’s Pindamonhangaba plant, produces specialty steel bars with very strict tolerances for the automotive industry. For the modernization of its rolling mill #1 BRAUN has been chosen to supply a dry abrasive cut-off machine using abrasive cutting wheels with 1 650 mm diameter for hot cutting squared and rectangular billets.
The new equipment is replacing a moveable friction saw and will be operated to remove head and tail scrap as cutting to final length.
The BRAUN equipment will be delivered in July 2023. Installation, commissioning, and acceptance are scheduled for the first quarter of 2024 with a minimum downtime of the rolling mill.