Are you facing inefficiencies in your steel melt shop due to lack of visibility and manual synchronization between ladles, processes and cranes? Is your superheat compliance lower at caster, causing reduced casting speeds?
After connecting all moving objects - ladles, cranes, transfer cars - with sensors, laser positioning, image processing and integrating information from automation, Level -2 or planning systems ABB AbilityTM Smart Melt Shop will allow you to:
- Visualize melt shop ladle and heat movements in real time
- Reduce delays and waiting times by forecasting heat pacing according to process demands from caster and converter or EAF and generate optimal crane schedules
- Improve superheat compliance and increase caster speeds by predicting thermal losses and obtaining recommended lift temperatures for ladles at ladle furnace
- Enhance human safety by reducing exposure to hazardous hot metal zones and allowing for decision-making based on information dashboards
- Save energy and improve quality by predicting the ladle's thermal loss during transfer and calculating the right temperature to avoid excess overheating
- Improve service planning by tracking the history of ladle maintenance and contact time with metal
- Boost overall operational effectiveness in steel melt shop by identifying operational bottlenecks using time motion analysis reports for heats and cranes
>>>Find out how this technology has already helped top steelmaker JSW to boost productivity and profitability by 2MUSD/annum