Heinrich Geissler – SMS Meer provides large bright-steel straightening machine

sms meerHeinrich Geissler, a company of the GMH Group, based in Witten, Germany, has ordered a two-roll straightener for bright steel from SMS Meer. The machine is 7m high and weighs 280t.

 Heinrich Geissler will use the new  machine to straighten round bars of solid steel with diameters up to 250 mm. the machine offers a straightening force of  8,000kN. It will be supplied by SMS Meer together with complete finishing equipment.

“SMS Meer as our long-standing partner has already supplied numerous peeling and straightening machines to the GMH Group,” says Dr. Jean Frederic Castagnet, Techical Director at Heinrich Geissler. “With this new steel straightener, we are now setting standards!”

Commissioning is scheduled for June 2013