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VOL. 16 • NO. 3 • April 2022

Variable Frequency Drive for shredder main motors is chain. the intelligent digital assistant “Asset life expert”
the best solution to increase the motor efficiency and (AleX) improves plant availability.
to optimize energy consumption. This reduces impact New-Design Danieli Billet Welder in Operation at
on the electric network and allows for no power peaks.
Ferriere Nord
two off-line nonferrous metal processing plant to Italian minimill producer and industry innovator Ferriere
separate copper, aluminum and stainless steel from Nord (Pittini Group) is first in operating a 6th generation
the shredded nonferrous scrap complete the orders Danieli billet welder.
received.
With the experience of more than 30 billet-welder
All this new equipment will be manufactured and installations in operation since 1997, Danieli engineers
assembled in Danieli quality workshops in Italy and came up with a new, patented machine design which,
thailand, and delivered within the current year.
in addition to consolidated quality performances offers
HoaPhat expands Steel Plant in Vietnam with improved maintainability.
Comprehensive Production Line from Primetals In fact, the innovative design allows shorter cleaning
Technologies
operations, reducing to 50% the time previously
hoaPhat Dung Quat Steel JSc has awarded a major required.
contract to Primetals technologies for a new production this new achievement leads to an improved plant yield
line at the steel plant in Dung Quat, Quang Ngai which, in the Ferriere Nord case, means an increased
province in central Vietnam.
efficiency of 5%.
With an increase in capacity of 5.6 Mtpa, hoaPhat will Furthermore, the welder features a cartridge concept
be able to address the rapidly increasing demand for applied to the welding clamps which now can be replaced
steel products in Vietnam. the project consists of two quickly and easily, allowing off-line maintenance in the
slab casters, one hot rolling mill, modern automation workshop instead of onboard.
systems, and comprehensive digitalization solutions.
A fully integrated quality control system, intelligent Finally, a new current-control system speeds-up the
digital assistants, and scheduling solutions will ensure welding time and improves the homogeneity of the
high quality, productivity, and flexibility. the start-up is welding joints.
expected for 2024. this contract represents the second the new billet welder went into operation at Ferriere
major order for casters and hot-strip mills received by Nord in January 2022 during a 3-week plant
Primetals technologies during the last year. maintenance shut-down.
Primetals technologies is responsible for the design, Billet welders allow endless rolling by welding head and
engineering, and supply of mechanical equipment, tails of billets, avoiding crops of heads and tails.
media systems, technology packages, automation NLMK issues FACs for new BOF off-gas system
technology, and digitalization solutions. The production supplied by Primetals Technologies
units are equipped with consistent and modern
process control (Level 1) and process optimization Primetals technologies has received the final
systems (level 2). An integrated scheduling solution acceptance certificates (FACs) from NLMK Group in
provides flexibility related to incoming orders, changing lipetsk for the construction of off-gas systems at lD
production conditions, and scheduled maintenance. converters (BOFs) No. 2 and 3 at steel plant LD2.
Business Intelligence dashboards enable operators the project’s targets were: reducing emissions at the
to make fast and smart decisions. the integrated steel plant to levels lower than european standards;
quality control system “Through Process Optimization” improving the heat-recovery system to supply steam to
(tPO) assists hoaPhat in achieving interconnected the existing network; using the converter’s off-gas for
operational excellence at each stage of the production further utilization; and increasing productivity. The latter

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