Manufacturing Processes and Products of Bar and Wire Rod in JFE Steel
No.23 March 2018 - Special Issue on “Steel Sheet for Can-making”, “Steel Bar and Wire Rod” and “Slag Products”
Manufacturing Processes and Products of Bar and Wire Rod in JFE Steel
SATO MichioNISHIMURA Kimihiro
Abstract
JFE Steel manufactures bar & wire rod and related products at both blast furnace and electric furnace steel works, and responds to the customers’ needs by variety of products. By taking advantage of these respective processes, JFE Steel West Japan Works (Kurashiki) and JFE Bars & Shapes Sendai Works established manufacturing system of high quality products and supply system. Furthermore, JFE Steel has made continual development of value-added products and commercialized eco-friendly products with excellent properties. This paper describes features of these plants and processes and introduces typical examples of newly developed bar & wire rod products in JFE Steel.
