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Protecting steel plants from flashbacks

Replacing non-return valves, a combination of a gas filter, non-return valve and flashback arrestor can protect steel plants from production failures.

News from Witt Gas Techniques, Mar 23, 2007

Control system improves blast furnace management

Corus has improved its management of the blast furnace at its Scunthorpe Steel works with a new ABB control system giving it improved visibility.

News from ABB Automation Technologies Instrumentation and Automation, Feb 19, 2007

Brass rod continuously cast at lower cost

Continuous casting of 8mm diameter brass rod eliminates several intermediate processes can be eliminated thus achieving a significant reduction in both the capital cost.

News from Rautomead International, Feb 1, 2007

Speciality steel open hearths reconstructed

Reconstruction of the open-hearth plant of a specialized metallurgical works has taken place to ensure control of carbon, low hydrogen and oxygen content.

News from Donix, Jan 3, 2007

Acoustic monitor saves 5 weeks' steel production

An accoustic monitoring system detected early signs of distress and an automatic review of trends enabled the remaining bearing life in the tilting of basic oxygen steel converters to be predicted.

News from Corus Northern Engineering Services, Oct 3, 2006

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Mesh-networked system controls smelting/refining

A large integrated zinc/lead smelting and refining complex will have mesh-networked control system interfacing with PLC systems at 1200 I/O points in electrolytic and melting processes.

News from Invensys, Sep 12, 2006

Second copper rod continuous caster added

A second 6,000 tonne capacity copper rod casting machine in Bulgaria provides the company with a 12,000 tonnes-per-annum total production capability and a dual-machine layout.

News from Rautomead International, Sep 5, 2006

Continuous casters process precious metals

With ten integrated casting and melting models available - in vertical and horizontal configurations - precious metal continuous casting machines offer a range of production capacities.

News from Rautomead International, Aug 4, 2006

Two iron 'pig' casters serve entire output

In a Western Australian demonstration plant, two 127 tonne/h pig casting machines are able to handle the entire output of the 900,000 tonne/year reduction process.

News from Economy Industrial Corp., Jul 21, 2006

Soaking pits' heat control is automated

System ensures automated control over the process of ingots heating in the soaking pits of roughing mills, as well as providing information to the operational and technological staff.

News from Donix, Jul 11, 2006

Training courses for ICP emission spectrometer

Thermo Electron has designed two new training courses in support of its recently launched iCAP 6000 Series, the fastest and most sensitive ICP emission spectrometers available on the market.

News from Thermo Electron Corporation, Jun 12, 2006

Purpose-built sensor arrays for corrosion

Tiny and often tucked away in hard-to-reach nooks and crannies, a novel array of sensors is poised to change the costly and resource-intensive process of fighting corrosion.

News from CSIRO Manufacturing and Infrastructure Technology, May 29, 2006

Software predicts continuous casting structure

Software predicts the structure formation of continuous casting and allows modelling of thermal processes and calculation of solidification kinetics parameters at different points in time.

News from Donix, Apr 17, 2006