SMS group has supplied a new 4-high skin-pass mill and other equipment for the galvanizing line upgrade at Villacero in Apodaca, Mexico. SMS has also supplied a new tension leveler, fluid equipment and automation system.

As a result of the upgrades, Villacero is now able to produce skin-passed strips, galvanized profiled sheet and coils, galvanized steel roof ridge cap, and prepainted coils and sheet for structural engineering. Enhanced strip surface quality, improved flatness, and better thickness and elongation accuracy and control are the main benefits of the plant modernization.

The Mexican manufacturer is now in a position to supply the market with galvanized steel SAE 1006, 1008 and 1010 and steel strip products with yield strengths between 210 and 560 MPa, thicknesses from 0.23 up to 2.0 millimeters and widths from 812 to 1,282 millimeters.

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