Conveners
Process Optimization & Control
- Christine Gruber (K1-MET)
Process Optimization & Control
- Arianna Gotti (Trasnvalor SA)
Process Optimization & Control
- Cristian Viscardi (ECOTRE Valente srl)
Description
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The transition to sustainable steel production necessitates innovative strategies for managing electricity demand in energy-intensive batch processes. Unlike large-scale continuous operations, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in steel manufacturing—such as specialized foundries and long product rolling mills—face unique challenges due to smaller batch sizes, greater product...
This presentation explores how a quality execution system effectively addresses the key challenges of the "twin transition" – the shift toward both ecological and digital sustainability – making these transformations more manageable.
As steel manufacturers transition to more energy-efficient production processes and replace existing plants, maintaining consistent quality control becomes...
ArcelorMittal Eisenhüttenstadt und Smart Steel Technologies bundled forces to establish an optimized temperature guidance in the ArcelorMittal Eisenhüttenstadt meltshop. The underlying core of the supporting models, namely the Ladle Furnace, LF Temperature or Secondary Metallurgy Exit Temperature Model is a digital twin of the whole meltshop. It incorporates all heats and different steel...
In the steel industry, most companies operate in a competitive national and international market, with prices determined by competition. To enhance profits, firms must focus on reducing production and commercial costs. Those unable to adapt their strategies may lose their competitive edge. Effective scheduling of resources is crucial to achieving goals such as increasing production and...
Fives’ Eyeron® is a digital solution aiming at managing the quality of steel products in real time. This solution can be deployed either on a single asset or in a fully integrated plant. Thanks to its effective data injection and powerful rules engine system, it can automatically provide precise quality grading and reports, and issue recommendations for order reallocation or repair of any type...
Images are a very powerful tool in monitoring complex processes in industrial settings and indicating relevant events with impact on process quality and stability. The intuitive interpretability of an image is often superior to the extraction of numerical key performance indicators based on multiple data streams from a variety of sensors, but not every relevant process aspect can be directly...
Quality specifications are crucial for the metals industry to ensure consistent quality and safety. Integrating these specifications into the manufacturing execution system (MES) is essential for maintaining expected quality levels, minimizing errors, and enhancing efficiency, thereby meeting regulatory requirements and customer expectations. However, metals producers with geographically...
Resource-efficiency and competitiveness are main aims of the European Green Deal transformation. In this global restructuring process yield improvement and reduction of waste aimed by a zero-defect production are low-cost opportunities for European steel manufacturers to realize a more sustainable production.
Enabling zero-defect manufacturing for flat steel production requires an early...