Digitalization FAC Granted for the First Subscription-Based Process Optimization Solution Using a new subscription-based model, steel producers can now implement an operational expenditure-based license model for new automation systems, the first three systems... 25.05.2022
Digitalization Ladle Tracking Solutions: Beyond Positioning Ladle tracking solutions cover all factors impacting an efficient and effective melt shop. From aggregate to integrated automation systems, ladle tracking solutions identify and overcome challenges... 24.05.2022
Digitalization Clean Continuous Casting: Fully Automated Bloom Casting Replacing a two-strand continuous caster, CC2, CC4 is the most modern continuous caster in the world, capable of producing 950,000 metric tons of high-quality blooms per year in a fully automated... 23.05.2022
Digitalization Pioneers Talk #7: Crafted Scrap To Reduce CO2 and Produce Quality Steel How can “crafted scrap” enable the production of high-quality steel and reduce CO2 emissions in a steel factory? Moreover, how can you convert conventional scrap into crafted scrap?... 17.05.2022
Digitalization Beyond Data Analytics The data analytics specialists at Primetals Technologies are on a mission to create new synergies between the latest analytics algorithms and the company’s metallurgical expertise. ISSUE #11 (MAY 22) 06.05.2022
Digitalization From Automation to Digitalization Data is emerging as a critical factor in the ongoing digitalization of a steel industry keen to embrace a new wave of industry 4.0 strategies. ISSUE #11 (MAY 22) 22.04.2022
Digitalization Plan & Predict: Plant Logistics Simulation Steel producers looking to adjust their current manufacturing strategies often face challenges when anticipating the impact of their investments. Primetals Technologies uses... 25.03.2022
Digitalization Hoa Phat Expands Steel Plant in Vietnam Hoa Phat Dung Quat Steel plans a new production line at the steel plant in Dung Quat, Quang Ngai province in Central Vietnam. As part of one of the world's most expansive and dynamic ... 01.03.2022
Digitalization HKM Receives Two New Ladle-Treatment Stands Featuring LiquiRob German steel producer Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann (HKM) operates an integrated steel plant in Duisburg-Huckingen, now featuring two new ladle-treatment stands. 15.02.2022
Digitalization EVRAZ to Obtain New Quality-Control System for Rail Production In October 2021, EVRAZ Consolidated West Siberian Metallurgical Plant (EVRAZ ZSMK) awarded a contract to Primetals Technologies for an integrated quality control system for its steel mill and ... 18.01.2022
Digitalization Pioneers Talk #4: From Automation to Digitalization In this session of "Pioneers Talk", we sit down with Industry 4.0 expert Kurt Herzog to discuss how steel producers can improve the operation of their plant based on production data, how to grow ... 13.12.2021
Digitalization Pioneers Talk #2: Meeting EAF Performance Targets Using Data Analytics In this session of "Pioneers Talk", we sit down with Data Analyst Manuel Sattler to discuss how the utilization of data can improve the operation of electric arc furnaces. 25.11.2021
Digitalization Pioneers Talk #1: Plant Logistics Simulations In this session of Pioneers Talk, we sit down with plant-logistics expert Stefan Mühlbock to discuss how his simulations are helping steel producers to make the right investment decisions. 19.11.2021
Digitalization First Installation of New Mold-Level Control System for Arvedi ESP Lines Primetals Technologies has obtained the final acceptance certificate (FAC) for a new type of continuous casting control on an Arvedi ESP casting and rolling line. The "LevCon Bender Anti-Bulging" ... 27.10.2021
Digitalization Modernizing Cycloconverter Drive of Plate Mill at SIJ Acroni in Slovenia SIJ Acroni d.o.o. has engaged Primetals Technologies to replace the existing cycloconverter drive control for the upper and lower motors on the plate mill's roughing stand at the Jesenice production s 25.05.2021
Digitalization Modernized Process Automation for Tandem Cold Mill in Hämeenlinna, Finland Primetals Technologies has received an order from SSAB to modernize the existing Process Automation (Level 2) of the tandem cold rolling mill in Hämeenlinna. The Level 2 solution is state of the art 23.03.2021
Digitalization Plant maintenance, done the easy way Maintenance and Asset Technology (MAT) is designed to keep steel plants in perfect shape. MAT arrives pre-configured for ease of use and delivers immediate, actionable information. ISSUE #10 (FEB 21) 01.02.2021
Digitalization Connect Your Plants — Boost Your Results Together with Brazilian-based steel producer Gerdau, Primetals Technologies has established a new way of monitoring a large number of electric arc furnaces—via a remote connection. While Gerdau profit ISSUE #10 (FEB 21) 01.02.2021
Digitalization The Next Step in Long Rolling for Automotive Hyundai Steel has invested in two Industry 4.0 compatible long-rolling mills supplied by Primetals Technologies. ISSUE #10 (FEB 21) 01.02.2021
Digitalization Making the Caster Mold Transparent Mold Expert, the innovative sticker-detection system from Primetals Technologies, has now been installed over 300 times in melt shops all around the world. ISSUE #10 (FEB 21) 01.02.2021
Digitalization Ask Dr. Hirai In this section, Dr. Etsuro Hirai, CTO of Primetals Technologies, exclusively answers your questions. Should there be an issue that you would like him to address, please send us an email containing ISSUE #10 (FEB 21) 01.02.2021
Digitalization The Future of Metals is Digital Digitalization is changing metals production, and Covid-19 has accelerated the transformation that will ultimately turn today’s steel plants into fully automatic “smart factories.” Primetals Technolog ISSUE #10 (FEB 21) 01.02.2021
Digitalization Seamless Support in the Times of COVID 2020 has been a challenging year across the globe. Primetals Technologies still continued to support its customers in the metals industry in every way possible. 01.02.2021
Digitalization Living the digital transformation Cracow is a place like no other: designated a "European Capital of Culture" and "UNESCO City of Literature," the city attracts some 13 million tourists each year. They come to enjoy Cracow's ... ISSUE #10 (FEB 21) 01.02.2021
Digitalization Imagination without limits Piotr Czupryna is CEO of Primetals Technologies Poland, which comprises the company locations in Cracow and Rzeszów, both in southern Poland. Czupryna has been with Primetals Technologies ... ISSUE #10 (FEB 21) 01.02.2021
Digitalization At the cutting edge of spare-parts management The extensive R&D efforts of Primetals Technologies are an integral part of the company’s larger strategy to continually promote innovation for the metals industry. In this series, we present new, rem ISSUE #09 (JAN 20) 01.01.2020
Digitalization Inching toward Fully Automated Casting The continuous-casting process involves discontinuous operations that are critical for the quality of the cast product and that have to be performed dangerously close to the liquid steel. Luckily, rec ISSUE #09 (JAN 20) 01.01.2020
Digitalization Discovering how much you already know Knowledge management is a critical factor in any enterprise: A lot of hard work goes into developing new solutions, establishing processes, and ensuring sustainable business operations—added to which ISSUE #08 (MAY 19) 01.05.2019
Digitalization Overcoming bottlenecks for greater productivity The logistics of almost any steel plant can be further optimized—with logistics solutions from Primetals Technologies. ISSUE #08 (MAY 19) 01.05.2019
Digitalization Creating algorithms for the digital future of metals The extensive R&D efforts of Primetals Technologies are an integral part of the company’s larger strategy to continually promote innovation for the metals industry. In this series, we present new, rem ISSUE #08 (MAY 19) 01.05.2019
Digitalization The Impact of industry 4.0 on Long Rolling Today’s trend toward increased digitalization in steel production is having a major impact on the area of long rolling and is changing it for the better. ISSUE #07 (OCT 18) 01.10.2018
Digitalization Acoustic Expert: Detecting Malfunction Through Sound The efficiency of iron and steel production has always been decisive for producers to remain cost-competitive. It can be shown that the properties, cost and quality of iron ore are the most important ISSUE #07 (OCT 18) 01.10.2018
Digitalization Condition-monitoring system for processing lines Primetals Technologies' condition-monitoring system for processing lines uses predictive-maintenance algorithms to pinpoint incidents before they occur. ISSUE #06 (MAR 18) 01.03.2018
Digitalization Sias automated surface inspection for flat products Producers of flat-rolled steel are facing a growing trend toward zero-defect tolerances for surface quality. This trend, initiated by customers in the automotive industry, is increasingly becoming ... ISSUE #06 (MAR 18) 01.03.2018
Digitalization Digitalization and process optimization Piotr Czupryna is CEO of Primetals Technologies Poland, which comprises the company locations in Cracow and Rzeszów, both in southern Poland. Czupryna has been with Primetals Technologies ... ISSUE #06 (MAR 18) 01.03.2018
Digitalization Empowering technology with know-how Hans-Jürgen Zeiher is not only one of Primetals Technologies’ most trusted managers but also a skilled and experienced technician. As an automation and drives expert particularly in the downstream ... ISSUE #02 (FEB 16) 01.03.2018
Digitalization Smarter plants through artificial intelligence Günther Winter has been with Primetals Technologies for 38 years and currently holds the position of Technology Officer and Head of Innovation Electrics & Automation. Winter has led and ... ISSUE #02 (FEB 16) 01.03.2018
Digitalization Off-Gauge Optimizer Head- and tail-end off-gauge length is defined as the length of strip from the weld to the point from which the final thickness deviation reliably stays within a tolerance band of approximately ±3% .. ISSUE #06 (MAR 18) 01.03.2018
Digitalization Roll-Eccentricity Compensation Roll-Eccentricity Compensation (REC) eliminates the influence of roll eccentricity on strip thickness or tension. ISSUE #06 (MAR 18) 01.03.2018
Digitalization Orbis+rotating gauge The Orbis+ is a rotating gauge designed to continually measure properties of hot steel in rod and bar rolling mills such as the diameter, and to pass on this information to the automation system ... ISSUE #06 (MAR 18) 01.03.2018
Digitalization Air-Bearing Shapemeter The Air-Bearing ShapeMeter of Primetals Technologies accurately measures the shape of rolled metal sheet and foil material (Aluminum and other metals). It provides continuous, high-accuracy ... ISSUE #06 (MAR 18) 01.03.2018
Digitalization Transformation Monitor The Transformation Monitor directly measures the transformation of iron from austenite to ferrite through a real-time, online measurement of the ferrite concentration within the steel as it cools ... ISSUE #06 (MAR 18) 01.03.2018
Digitalization Long-rolling roll master The Long-Rolling Roll Master is a powerful and easy-to-use tool geared toward increasing plant flexibility and performance by providing advanced pass scheduling for continuous and reversing mills, ... ISSUE #06 (MAR 18) 01.03.2018
Digitalization Long-rolling process expert The Long-Rolling Process Expert is a cost-effective modular process-automation system for continuous and reversing rolling mills, and for monoblocks as well as flat blocks. Similar Expert Systems ... ISSUE #06 (MAR 18) 01.03.2018
Digitalization Static non-contact bar counter The advantages of a high-speed bar mill are lost if bottlenecks develop during production. One of the final post-production steps prior to delivery is bar bundling and counting. An engineer from ... ISSUE #06 (MAR 18) 01.03.2018
Digitalization Vision-based strip-steering control The Electrics & Automation experts at Primetals Technologies, together with thyssenkrupp Steel Europe, have devised a new vision-based strip-steering control system for hot-strip mills. From the ... ISSUE #06 (MAR 18) 01.03.2018
Digitalization Wedge and camber control Rolled strip is ideally both straight (i.e. without camber) and left-right-symmetrical with respect to thickness (i.e. without wedge). Unfortunately, if wedge within a slab is removed through ... ISSUE #06 (MAR 18) 01.03.2018
Digitalization Liquirob: A tireless worker for higher efficiency, quality, and safety The LiquiRob robot system was specifically developed by Primetals Technologies for improving workplace safety and measurement quality under the harsh conditions encountered in the ironmaking and ... ISSUE #06 (MAR 18) 01.03.2018
Digitalization Model-based strip-width control The main challenges facing today’s basic and process automation systems for hot-strip mills are the reduction of strip-width deviations and the avoidance of below-minimum widths after the ... ISSUE #06 (MAR 18) 01.03.2018
Digitalization Cyber-physical model for cooling In 2010, a brand new idea for a novel type of cooling model triggered a wealth of activities geared toward an implementation in the years to follow. In its current form, the model is designed to ... ISSUE #06 (MAR 18) 01.03.2018
