Mile-a-minute 5-stand tandem mill now in operation

Delivery speed of a mile-a-minute on a tandem cold mill is no longer a steel industry dream for in May 1947 one of the fastest and the most powerful tin-plate tandem cold reduction mills in the world was placed in operation at the Weirton Steel Company, Weirton, W. Va. Capable of rolling steel at a top speed of more than 5,000-feet per minute, this mill marks a major development in the cold reduction process of rolling steel. Total capacity of the mill and reel motors is 17,550 horsepower, the largest amount of power ever concentrated in one tin-plate tandem mill.