Increase in efficiency of cold rolling mill erection process

By 1930s, infrastructure of the iron and steel industry in Turkey has been shaped. KARDEMIR was establish in 1937 to meet the demand for iron and steel flat demands. Particularly after 2001, the steel sector gained a rapid growth. Within the recent fifteen-years, Turkey has been one of the fastest growing countries in iron and steel sector. The fact that the sectors with intense metal inputs such as automotive and machinery industries have the tendency to grow and become prominent in this development. With the increasing investments on flat and structural steel production facilities, various courses of businesses have emerged. One of them is processes of cold rolling mill erection which involves a relatively complex process. The process management is carried out in three main sections such as mechanical, piping and electrical works. Therefore, it is important to ensure effective communication and coordination between these departments. Proper planning of this process and efficient organization of systems may increase project efficiency. In this study, it is aimed to examine two similar projects of cold rolling mill complex, to compare them through the project planning process and to produce more effective solutions for future projects. For this purpose, firstly the systems of these two cold rolling mills complex were defined, and their differences and similarities were described. Initially, the encountered problems and the possible causes of these problems were identified by comparing the project details, and the most appropriate total assembly time was determined by using one of the project management techniques, in this case, the PERT Analysis. Then, erection progresses of the production lines were compared in terms of actual times and the number of employees.