Mining, Minerals, Metals solution: Process Control solutions for Iron Making

Value proposition

Main drivers

• " Investments in new process and product technologies, facilities, employee training, and product development have reduced the number of man-hours required to produce a ton of steel by 60%" 
  Energy and Environmental Profile of the U.S. Iron and Steel Industry

 

Value proposition
Our solutions answer the major steel industry challenges:

• Competitiveness
• Increase production and yield
  - Process Innovation
  - Production Management
  - Extension of equipment life
• Improving the product quality
  -Driven by customer new requirements (automotive, construction)
• Cost-effective production
  - Energy Efficiency
  - Maintenance
• Reduction of the negative impact on the environment
• Health and safety of people

 

Architecture

A Blast Furnace solution (simplified example) showing the high availability architecture for all levels

Main characteristics

Schneider Electric has developed steel solutions for many years, with several references in iron making applications: Blast Furnace Automation Coke Plant Automation Sintering Plants Automation Our flexible architectures allow us to meet your main application challenges:  - High availability (redundant) systems (Processors, Power supplies, I/O network, Control network)  - Transparent connectivity to dedicated and expert systems  - Transparent communication from the device level to IT levels Solution description: ● Control System - Best in Class process control and I/O systems - Better performance for critical process - Advanced Process Functions - Multiple network capabilities  ● Process design & programming tools:  - Advanced design and generation software tool that integrates multiple control systems and supervision  to provide a distribution automated solution - Tested process control and user customised object libraries are available to save development costs and be re-used for plant expansions or new plants ● Connectivity everywhere - Open connectivity to dedicated systems (Expert Systems; Moisture Analysers; Gas Analysers) - Open Connectivity to the major instrumentation fieldbuses: (Hart; Foundation Fieldbus; Profibus PA; Modbus) - Total transparency to higher levels through Ethernet ●Supervision and plant operation   - Integration with programming software Integrated database eliminates duplicated work - Scalability  Flexible systems to expand or modify as your Challenges change - Performance Multiple servers assure high performance data updating - Reliability Possibility to work with  multiple redundant servers - Process analysis tools Powerful tool that integrate alarm and trend screens to analyse process disturbances