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Siemens to Supply Bhushan Power&Steel for Mill Expansion

10/30/2009 - Siemens VAI Metals Technologies has received an order from Bhushan Power&Steel to supply the drives and automation system for expansion of the company's compact hot rolling mill in Orrissa, India. Commissioning is scheduled for July 2010.

Siemens VAI Metals Technologies has received an order from Bhushan Power&Steel Co. to supply the drives and automation system for expansion of the company's compact hot rolling mill in Orrissa, India. The scope of supply also includes two reactive-power compensators for electric arc furnaces. Commissioning is scheduled for July 2010.
 
Bhushan has been operating a compact hot rolling mill with an annual capacity of 0.8 million tonnes in Orrissa since April 2008. The plant is being expanded to double its capacity and to enable rolling of thinner steel strips with a minimum thickness of 1.2 mm. To accomplish that goal, the hot rolling mill will be equipped with a second caster, a sixth finishing stand, and a second coiler.
 
Siemens is to supply and install the associated drives and automation system, which are based on the Siroll HM solution platform. It is supplying additional cyclo-converters and the motor for the finishing stand, the main drive, and the main motor for the coiler, as well as other auxiliary drives and motors for the new parts of the plant. The caster will be automated on the basis of Simatic S7 and PCS7 with Simelt CC Control. Simatic TDC and PCS7 systems will serve as the basis for extended automation of the finishing mill.
 
In addition, Siemens is supplying two reactive-power compensators (Static Var Compensators, SVC) for the electric arc furnaces, each compensator having an output of 120 Mvar. Simetal PQ (Power Quality) is being used to ensure the quality of the power supplied. The company is also responsible for installation supervision and commissioning of the supplied drives and automation system. It says that open communication protocols will facilitate future additions to the plant.
 
The Siemens Industry Sector, Erlangen, Germany, is a leading international supplier of production, transportation, building and lighting technologies. The sector comprises six divisions: Building Technologies, Drive Technologies, Industry Automation, Industry Solutions, Mobility, and Osram. With around 222,000 employees worldwide, Siemens Industry posted in fiscal year 2008 a profit of EUR 3.86 billion with revenues totaling EUR 38 billion.
 
With the business activities of Siemens VAI Metals Technologies (Linz, Austria), Siemens Water Technologies (Warrendale, Pa.), and Industrial 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. With around 31,000 employees worldwide, Siemens Industry Solutions achieved an order intake of EUR 8.415 billon in fiscal year 2008.