Over 200 experienced Sparrows Point employees underwent more than 100,000 hours of training to master the world-class technology and equipment in the new cold mill. Intensive training at Voest-Alpine's facility in Linz, Austria, as well as on site at Sparrows Point focused on safety, maintenance, welding, hydraulics, annealing, crane operation, packaging, roll training, coil transporter operation, and systems training. The result is a world-class workforce producing premier quality cold rolled sheet that can meet your most demanding requirements.

The new mill at Sparrows Point produces cold rolled that's dead flat - with uniform properties and a clean surface.

Brochure Index

1. Coils are welded
2. Entry-end horizontal accumulator
3. Tension leveler/scale breaker
4. Hydrochloric (HCl) acid pickling vs. sulfuric acid pickling
5. State-of-the-art side turret trimming and steering
6. State-of-the-art shape and gauge control systems
7. Hydrogen Batch Annealing
8. Skin Pass (Temper Mill) and Tension Leveler
9. Eliminate handling damage
10. State-of-the-art packaging
11. Minimal loading times