Castellanza, July 27, 2023 – Tenova, a global company specialized in sustainable solutions for the green transition of the metals industry, has been awarded a new contract by Hoa Phat Group, the leading industrial manufacturing group in Vietnam, for new roll grinders supplied by Pomini Tenova, a well-known Tenova brand and a worldwide leader in the production of roll shop equipment. The roll grinders are for Hoa Phat’s new hot rolling mill in Dung Quat, Quang Ngai province.
The scope of work for the roll shop includes the full set of roll grinders for grinding work rolls and back up roll, with and without mounted on chocks. All machines are equipped with the most advanced and user friendly Pomini HMI (Human Machine Interface), the Pomini Inspektor3 with Eddy Current and Ultrasound probes for roll inspection, the most referenced and reliable online roll flaws detection system available on the market. The roll grinders also mount the Pomini Process Monitoring (PPM) and the Continuous Profile Compensation (CPC) to easily achieve the best roll surface quality with the highest profile accuracy and the lowest stock removal. The digital package with Tenova Edge technology and Tenova adVisor will provide remote constant condition monitoring for each machine and all sorts of operational and maintenance support.
“Currently Hoa Phat Group operates in five sectors and steel production is the core, accounting for 90% revenue and profit of the Group. With the capacity of 8.5 million tons of crude steel per year, Hoa Phat is the largest steel producer in the Southeast Asia” said Hoa Phat Dung Quat team “We chose Pomini for the reliability of its equipment already in use at our hot plant. We are sure Pomini grinders will allow us to guarantee the supply of quality rolls also for the new hot rolling mill”.
“Thanks to the proven reliability of our innovative technologies, we have now secured our biggest roll grinder contract in Vietnam, and our fourth with Hoa Phat Group. Vietnam is a very important market for Pomini and we’re pleased that with this new contract, we have achieved the sale of 27 machines in the country”, stated Giuseppe Zanzi, Tenova Chief Representative Officer, Southeast Asia and Oceania.