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EPS is the English abbreviation of "Eco Pickled Surface". EPS technology is a new green and environmentally friendly technology developed by The Material Works Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "TMW") in the United States that uses physical methods to remove oxide scale on the surface of steel plates. As the founder of EPS technology, American TMW Company is a steel processing company located in St. Louis, Illinois, USA. When TMW was processing steel surfaces for customers, it discovered that the pickled metal surfaces at that time could not meet the needs of all customers. Based on the urgency to meet customer requirements and the continuous pursuit of technological progress, TMW began to research better steel surface treatment methods in 2007. At the end of 2008, TMW developed the prototype of the first generation of green surface cleaning equipment. In the following years, TMW continued to improve the equipment, and finally successfully launched EPS equipment in 2012. In 2014, after multiple rounds of negotiations and communication between Zhejiang Jingu Co., Ltd. from China and TMW Company of the United States, the two parties successfully established a Sino-US joint venture. "Hangzhou Jingu Environmental Protection Equipment Technology Co., Ltd." was officially launched in China and began Exclusively manufactures and sells EPS equipment and provides technical support and services for the Chinese and Korean markets.
EPS technology has taken root in Fuyang. Perhaps it must go through the trials of time and practice before it can bloom everywhere. Because EPS technology is reasonable and effective, it can bring benefits to enterprises in practical applications. It brings the economic advantages of low energy consumption, low cost and low investment, and can also bring high output value, high efficiency and high return to the enterprise to generate income.
Perhaps in China, more people know about the environmental pressure and huge energy consumption and pollution problems of pickling companies. While the EPS era is recognized by the world, its persuasiveness can make the entire industry very popular. Be confident in telling people “I can do it.”
In the three years since the establishment of the joint venture, it has passed discussions and experiments by professional and technical personnel from both China and the United States. EPS technology has found its rust-inhibiting mechanism and applied for multiple patents at home and abroad (Chinese patent number: ZL 200780033529.1; Hong Kong patent number: HK1133409; Korean patent number: 10-2009-7004376). Equipment under EPS technology is guaranteed by TME of the United States. Regardless of whether the equipment is oiled or not, the treated metal surface will not rust within 180 days. If treated by an oiling machine, it is guaranteed to be better than the same oiled surface. Oil-pickled plates are stored longer.
After years of continuous efforts by the American TMW Company, the new EPS production line has installed a mechanical descaler in front of the tension and leveling machine, and added measures such as width control during the processing process to further expand the product range. At the same time Continuous improvement work is carried out on EPS equipment so that the thickness and production capacity are not expanded. Beta is expanded to 3/8 inches (9.5mm) and production is expanded to 30,000 tons per month.
In addition, metal processed by EPS can have a cleaner and smoother surface. Since EPS technology cleans surfaces greenly, it is a completely environmentally friendly product that can completely replace pickling and fundamentally eliminate harmful hydrochloric acid in the pickling process.
The total cost of EPS equipment and production and operation is much lower than that of pickling and oiling production lines, and the floor space is also much smaller.
Some hot-rolled plates can be directly used in place of cold-rolled plates after being treated with EPS, which can achieve the effect of replacing cold with heat. EPS products can be processed by cold rolling or formed into a production line with cold rolling. EPS equipment can even be added to a large pickling cold rolling production line to make production more efficient, more flexible and convenient. EPS products can also be continuously hot-dip galvanized, which is more conducive to the promotion of replacing cold with heat.
Compared with pickling, EPS technology can produce EPS coil sheets with different surface roughness (different values ??of Ra and lower Rz) according to customer requirements, which greatly improves the efficiency of subsequent processing. Spray coating and corrosion resistance effects. This feature can also be extended to the subsequent processing of stainless steel coils to change the surface roughness.
The EPS production line also has the advantages of stretching, straightening and eliminating internal stress of the coil. The huge pulling force generated between the straightener and the coiler equipped in the coil line eliminates the stress of the coil. Internal stress greatly facilitates subsequent processing such as cutting, stamping, and tailoring. An EPS production line actually combines the functions of multiple types of production lines such as pickling, stretch straightening and tension leveling to ensure that various customer requirements for cleaning and finishing are met.
The many advantages of EPS technology and its products are definitely a strong voice of the times compared to pickling. It can bring new vitality to the income generation of steel plants and the development of pickling companies.
So far, Hangzhou Jingu Environmental Protection Equipment Technology Co., Ltd. has received hundreds of batches of customers from domestic and foreign countries, including Germany, Japan, India, South Korea, and Taiwan, China, and has received information about EPS equipment. There are nearly a thousand orders, and sales orders are gradually signed as the technology continues to be practiced and matured, allowing EPS technology to truly enter more companies pursuing reform and growth. This manufacturing team and sales team jointly established by Jingu and the American TMW company will look forward to more companies inspired by the "Belt and Road" trend to come to Jingu Environmental Protection in the future and share global information. A bright future in the EPS era will emerge from the opportunities. The pickling production line has witnessed history, and EPS will eventually lead the future of an era and become another classic.
Shiver, Mr. Pickling, the EPS era has arrived