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Siemens to Equip New Process Line for BlueScope Indonesia
05/12/2008 - Siemens Metals Technologies will equip a new integrated zinc-coating and painting line at PT BlueScope Steel’s Cilegon site, the only production facility in Indonesia that produces coated and painted steel products.
PT BlueScope Steel, Indonesia, has placed an order with Siemens Metals Technologies to equip a new integrated zinc-coating and painting line. The order value is in the two-digit million Euro range.
Designed for an annual production of 175,000 tonnes of Zincalume® steel, the new processing line will be installed at PT BlueScope’s Cilegon site, the only production facility in Indonesia that produces coated and painted steel products on a line that was originally supplied by Siemens. The new equipment will expand the plant’s annual production capacity to 275,000 tonnes per year.
For the integrated galvanizing-painting line, Siemens will engineer and supply all the mechanical and electrical components as well as the basic and process automation systems. Siemens will also supply an inline skinpass mill with subsequent tension leveler, and a Siemens roll coater for painting. The layout of the installation will allow rapid production changeovers, which will help to increase BlueScope’s production flexibility.
The electrical equipment will include the medium-voltage distribution system, all the drives, the basic and process automation systems, and parts of the manufacturing execution system (MES) level. Operator control and visualization equipment, which features user-friendly process and plant diagnostic functions, will be easy to control and will make a significant contribution to fully automation operation of the lines. Special control functions for strip movement will ensure a stable high production speed and prevent damage to the strip even in critical sections such as the furnaces. The components, systems and technological controllers used are part of the “Siroll PL” integrated and modular automation solution, which was specially developed for rolling mills and processing lines.
Siemens will also perform commissioning and training. The new facility is scheduled to start operating in the spring of 2010.
PT BlueScope is a subsidiary of the Australian company, BlueScope Steel Ltd. PT BlueScope’s Cilegon facility, located about 100 km west of Jakarta, is the only production facility in Indonesia that produces coated and painted steel products.
The Siemens Industry Sector (Erlangen, Germany) is leading international supplier of production, transportation and building systems. The Sector comprises six Divisions: Building Technologies, Industry Automation, Industry Solutions, Mobility, Drive Technologies and Osram. In fiscal 2007 (ended September 30), Siemens Industry generated sales of approximately EUR40 billion (pro forma, unconsolidated) with around 209,000 employees worldwide.
With the business activities of Siemens VAI Metal Technologies, (Linz, Austria), Siemens Water Technologies (Warrendale, Pa.), and Industry Technologies, (Erlangen, Germany), the Siemens Industry Solutions Division (Erlangen, Germany) is one of the world's leading solution and service providers for industrial and infrastructure facilities. Using its own products, systems and process technologies, Industry Solutions develops and builds plants for end customers, commissions them and provides support during their entire life cycle.
