Slideshare September 2010
Transcript of Slideshare September 2010
New coil storage area
New site provides huge area for steel storage
Up to 350,000 tons of coil can be stored
Ideal hard surface for coil storage
Less than 1 mile from main Welspun facility
Both facilities on the same rail spur
Potential location for additional capacity – induction bends
Spiral Mill Performance
Continued excellent safety record
Completed pipe making for the Ruby Project.
Commenced the KXL Project and on target
Ongoing improvements
Additional welding line installation
Welding improvements, NDT upgrades, debottlenecking...
Production windows available now!
Coating Mill Performance
Productivity in the last two consecutive months…..
10% above original targets
Recent Improvements
ID coating curing chamber fully operational
New paint kitchen to reduce downtime
Outbound rack debottlenecked
SAP system upgraded and streamlined
New offline stripping station
Additional supervision
Coating repairs reduced to less than 0.5%
Storage, Loading and Shipment
800 acres of land available for storage
Have completed seven different projects – load out by truck,
barge, rail depending on final location
All loading of pipe undertaken by vacuum cranes
The facility is served by UP, BNSF and CN
Little Rock Port Authority undergoing expansion to allow
multiple unit trains to be built simultaneously