Understanding Rolling Process in Long Product …
Good figures for rod and bar mills are 90 % to 93 % for structural mills the good mill utilization figures are 75 % to 78 % If a mill rolls 80 % of the calendar year that is 365 x 24 x = 7008 hours If the mill rolls 800 000 tons per year it runs at an average production rate of tons/hour If the utilization can be improved by