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News items on technologies necessary to ensure the smooth operation of iron and steel mills.
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Siemens Expands Compact CPU Line with Failsafe Functions
04 June 2015 - Siemens popular Simatic® S7-1200 line of compact controllers now includes both standard and failsafe functionality, delivering new levels of safety for standalone, simple machine control applications.
The Systems Group Expands, Adds Fourth Division
29 May 2015 - The Systems Group (TSG), a diverse group of companies engaged in construction, maintenance and products for steel manufacturing and other heavy industry, has just completed a corporate expansion which includes the addition of a new business unit and the re-naming of another.
Siemens Announces the Release of its New Product Line of Push Buttons, Sirius Act
29 May 2015 - Siemens announces the new launch of Sirius Act, a unique portfolio of 22 mm IEC push buttons, indicator lights and selector switches that showcase modern design, extreme robustness, flexible communication, and ease of installation.
MMK Modernizes Its Power Facilities
26 May 2015 - OJSC Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works ("MMK" or “Company”) has commissioned a new turbo blowing machine (“TBM”) at the mill’s steam power plant.
Primetals Technologies sells first EAF condition monitoring system to North American Höganäs
22 May 2015 - A new system to monitor key parameters of an electric arc furnace has had its first global sale after a successful pilot installation in Germany.
Europe's Largest Motors and Drives Package Powers Tata Steel Reversing Rougher
18 May 2015 - Two of Europe’s largest synchronous motors, along with the highest power-rated medium voltage (MV) drives ever used in a reversing roughing mill, have been commissioned by ABB at Tata Steel’s Port Talbot hot strip mill in South Wales.
Linde Industrial Gas Technologies Help Steelmakers Improve Operational Efficiencies and Profitability
04 May 2015 - Experts in steel metallurgy and process gas engineering from Linde LLC and Linde Engineering North America Inc. (Blue Bell, PA) will showcase technologies for improving plant productivity, product quality and environmental performance at AISTech 2015 at the Cleveland Convention Center, May 4-6.
Air Products Signs Agreement With Big River Steel
28 April 2015 - Air Products announced that it has signed a product supply agreement with Big River Steel, LLC. Under the terms of the agreement, Air Products will operate an air separation unit (ASU) producing multiple industrial gases and a PRISM® hydrogen generator. The onstream target for all the units is July 2016.
Harsco Begins Multi-Year Contract to Support India's Largest Stainless Steel Producer
27 April 2015 - Diversified global industrial company Harsco Corporation announced it has begun its previously announced multi-year contract to provide onsite material processing services to India's largest stainless steel producer, Jindal Stainless Limited (JSL).
Oerlikon’s Drive Systems Segment Inaugurates Third Plant in India
24 April 2015 - Oerlikon’s Drive Systems Segment inaugurates its third plant at Sanand in Gujarat, India. This is the 10th production facility for the Segment globally.
China Steel Corporation Approves Investment in LanzaTech Commercial Project
23 April 2015 - Taiwan’s largest integrated steel maker, China Steel Corporation (CSC), has announced formal Board approval of a 1400M TWD ($46M USD) capital investment in a LanzaTech commercial ethanol facility. This follows the successful demonstration of the revolutionary carbon recycling platform at the White Biotech (WBT) Demonstration Plant in Kaohsiung using steel mill off gases for ethanol production.
HARTING's Ha-VIS preLink®: One Ethernet Cabling System for All Device Connectivity Needs
20 April 2015 - HARTING’s newly released Ha-VIS preLink® is an ingenious, Ethernet cabling system for the full gamut of industrial applications. It is based on the simplicity of a termination block the user wires separately, then snaps securely into any one of seven mating profiles: RJ45, PushPull RJ45, M12 D-coded, M12 X-coded, RJ45 HARTING Industrial Form Factor, RJ45 Keystone and a preLink® extender for cable extensions and transitions, solid-stranded.
Primetals Technologies to Modernize Rolling Mill Drives for AMAG Rolling in Austria
31 March 2015 - Primetals Technologies has won an order from AMAG rolling GmbH, located in Ranshofen, Austria, to modernize the entire drive technology on its four-high hot rolling stand.
New Power Plant Halves Energy Costs, CO2 Emissions at Tata Steel Plant in Germany
25 March 2015 - Tata Steel has almost halved energy costs at its steel facility in Düsseldorf after building an innovative new power plant.
Large Woodings Goggle Valve Bound for Detroit Steelmaker
23 March 2015 - A large steelmaking facility is going big, having placed an order for the design and production of a very large hydraulic goggle valve from Woodings Industrial.
Metinvest Establishes New Maintenance Company for Its Metallurgical Assets
19 March 2015 - Metinvest Group created Metinvest-PromService, LLC based on the maintenance departments of Ilyich Iron & Steel Works of Mariupol, Azovstal, and Yenakiieve Steel.
Gerdau Steel India Commissions QMOS MES System from Quad Infotech
09 March 2015 - Gerdau Steel India Limited (GSIL) has completed the first phase of commissioning of the QMOS MES system at its integrated steel plant in Tadipatri, India.
Ajax TOCCO Supplies Induction Heater for FBE Coating System at L.B. Foster
06 March 2015 - Ajax TOCCO Magnethermic recently shipped a 4,500-kW, 12-pulse, Pacer II induction heating system to the L.B.Foster Coated Products pipe coating facility in Birmingham, Ala.
U.S. Tsubaki Power Transmission Introduces New Sprockets with Patented Wear Indicator Technology
05 March 2015 - U.S. Tsubaki Power Transmission LLC has introduced Tsubaki SMART TOOTH sprockets utilizing the company’s patented Wear Indicator Technology that allows customers to identify and schedule drive system maintenance before critical component failure occurs.
Kenwal Steel Installs Digital Lumens Intelligent LED Lighting System
04 March 2015 - Digital Lumens announced that Kenwal Steel Corp., one of North America’s largest and most-respected flat-rolled steel distributors, has upgraded the lighting in its 100,000-square-foot steel mill in Detroit, Mich., to the Digital Lumens Intelligent LED Lighting System.
