According to Tenova, the order for the NextGen system will help enhance production at the steelmaker’s Tahara Works in Tahara-shi. The system will be installed on the mill’s 420-ton electric arc furnace. 

The system includes sampling stations, a multi-point analyzer and optical velocity measurement. Tenova also will supply a scrap tracking system, improved operator displays and computational fluid dynamics modeling. 

Tenova said the sale was made possible through a collaboration of Tenova Goodfellow Inc. and Sumitomo Shoji Machinex Corp. Tenova said this is the first time the system has been sold in the Japanese steel market.