Primetals Technologies to modernize rolling mill drives for AMAG rolling GmbH

Primetals Technologies Ltd., Camberley, U.K., has received an order from AMAG rolling GmbH, located in Ranshofen, Austria, to modernize the entire drive technology on its four-high hot-rolling stand. The project includes the supply of the motors, converters, and converter transformers, as well as couplings, disk brakes, mechanical adaptations, and spare parts.

The project, intended to increase plant availability, will be completed during a brief plant shutdown at the end of 2015.