Steckel mill

The Steckel mill is a unique type of rolling mill for the processing of steel slabs to hot rolled coil (HRC). The Steckle mill allows the rolling of a large slab by providing heated reels on both sides of the mill to store the increased length produced during rolling. These drums allow for additional heat retention and thermal consistency in the rolled piece, which in turn produces improved uniformity throughout the rolled product.

Steckel Mill is a low cost hot rolling mill. The other type of hot rolling mill is tandem mill where there are several stands in tandem and reduction takes place one after another. Investment and space requirement is more in case of tandem mill. In the Steckel mill, several passes have to be taken to get the desired reduction. Steckel mill (also known as reversible finishing mill) has quality problems due to temperature losses. The rate of production in a Steckel mill is lower than a Tandem Mill.