Steel Mill Bolting Case Studies

Superbolt® has solved many bolting problems in Steel Mills. Besides the applications examples featured on our site (that you can access using the navigation to the right), below are some other application our products are ideal for:

Hot Strip Mill
Pinion stand anchor bolting - MT series.
Coupling bolts on reversing mill - MT series.
Coilers-Hydraulic cylinder mounting bolts - SB8 series.
Crop shear tie rod nuts - MT series.
Line shaft anchor bolting - MT series.
May West Blocks (located on stands) - SB8, SSJX or MT series.
Mill Motor nuts on crane brake wheels - SMX series.
Furnace Bumper anchor bolting - MT series.

Cold Strip Mill
Mill Motor nuts on crane brake wheels - SMX series.
Thrust Collars - replace existing nut and split ring on end of chalk which holds the bearing.
Excellent application for saving man-hours, crane time and injuries.
We have several references for the thrust collar applications.

Pickle Line
Side trimmer nuts - This nut holds side trimmer knives on. Replaces large cumbersome nut and hydraulic nuts.

Caster
Segment bolting - mainly stainless steel nuts bolting segments to rail or base.
Mill Motor nuts - SMX series

Melt Shop
Electrode Arms on Electric Arc Furnaces - Stainless high temp nut and stud.
Mill Motor nuts - SMX series
Crane gantry gearbox anchor bolting - MT or SB8 series.