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Fives OTO S.p.A.
OTO complete tube mills for a leading steel producer in Europe
SSAB Europe, a leading steel pro- ducer of high-quality strip, plate and tube products, has entrusted Fives, a global engineering group, with design, production and supply of two complete OTO tube mill lines.
Aimed at ef ciency improvement, SSAB Europe has been investing to modernize tube production lines at its Hämeenlinna facility in Finland to widen its product range and increase premium tubular output.
Fives will design, manufacture, supply and commission two com- plete OTO tube mill lines for welded tubes, ranging from 16mm up to 130mm in diameter. The mill lines will be designed to process high grade yield carbon steel to produce tubes with 8mm maximum thick- ness for automotive applications. The scope of supply includes fully automatic entry lines, forming and sizing section with quick change, tools and cut-off units.
Fives’ proposal featured innovative technical solutions and production exibility to meet highly custom- ized advanced technology equip- ment requirements, as well as tight scheduling. OTO tube mill lines will be designed and preassembled at Fives’ plant in Boretto, Italy and delivered to Hämeenlinna’s in 2019-2020.
Fives has been a long-term partner of SSAB, and recently has been contracted to modern- ize the continuous annealing line in SSAB’s Borlänge plant in Sweden. More information https://
steel.fivesgroup.com/news/ news/capacity-and-efficiency-in- crease-for-ssab-with- ves-techno- logy.html.
Fives has been specializing in design and supply of high-per- formance OTO mill lines, featur- ing robust and safe design and advanced manufacturing tech- niques for almost 40 years.
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