Electrical Control and Operation of a Modern Rod Mill

In August 1966, the Steel Company of Canada's fourstrand rod mill was placed into operation. The mill has a nominal finishing speed of 8500 ft/min for no. 5 rod and will finish the rods to within one half of commercial rod tolerance. To produce this result a number of unique mechanical features and the most modern of electrical equipment was required. This paper is concerned primarily with a discussion of the electrics and some of the salient features, but first the mill proper will be reviewed.