Ewan C HewittOrchard Close, East Street, Martock, Somerset TA12 6NFTel: 01935 822968 Fax: 01935 822968 Established: 1993 Professional staff: 1 Key personnel: Ewan C Hewitt, MA (Cantab), FREng, FIMechE, MIMMM, MAISE Services offered: Advice on all aspects of the design, operation, modernisation or reconstruction of steel rolling mills, including technical feasibility and economic viability studies. Computer modelling of rolling schedules, especially for hot strip mills, to compare capability of alternative layouts and reconstruction strategies in order to: increase output; improve quality, yield, product range or energy efficiency; roll harder steels; lower costs or increase profitability. Building interactive spreadsheet models to compare the overall capability of alternatives and investment returns under various market forecasts, growth rates, selling prices, etc. Typical projects undertaken: Comparison of ROI in buying a Steckel mill or a semi-continuous HSM. Assessing ROI of various ways to reconstruct Generation One HSMs to Generation IV. Comparing adding a coil box with heat retention panels on a HSM delay table with and without extra roughing or finishing stands. Assessing the capability of a plate mill before and after remotoring. Comparing cold reversing and/or combination mills with a tandem mill and a separate temper mill for a small initial market and various rates of market growth. Assessing second-hand mills for relocation and renewal. Collaborated with users and/or suppliers in executing the above. Overseas experience: Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, France, Finland, Germany, Holland, India, Iran, Mexico, Russia, Taiwan, USA Language(s): French and some German plus ability to read technical drawings and rolling mill data in Italian, Spanish and Swedish Keywords: Steels; Rolling mills EXPERT WITNESS Willing to act as. |