Major technology upgrade for Deacero Celaya minimill
Danieli Zerobucket EAF and high-performance rolling mill devices will improve production performance, sustainability and product quality Leading Mexican long-product producer Deacero once again confirmed its confidence in Danieli, awarding the contract for a complete minimill process modernization plan, to improve actual production and product quality at Celaya plant in Mexico. […]
Research Project ReSoURCE Strives to Reduce Europe¹s CO2 Emissions Significantly
A research project, funded by the European Union, targets the recycling process in the refractory industry. The international initiative, which is part of the Horizon program, could help decreasing CO2 emissions in the refractory industry up to 800 thousand tons per year. The scientists are currently preparing samples of the […]
First phase of automation system upgrade at SMW ISPAT in India
AIC India was contracted to upgrade the steel manufacturer’s existing automation systems based on S7-400 using the most recent software in order to increase availability and yield.
SIFCO ASC redesigns and rebrands heated flow systems: the TechnoFlow
SIFCO ASC, a Quaker Houghton company, has continued its commitment to improving the selective plating process by revolutionizing its heated flow system. The newly redesigned TechnoFlow can give operators and technicians data logging capabilities as well as improved safety features. The units are designed to work with SIFCO Process® solutions […]
Roughing mill revamped for Gerdau Manitoba in Canada.
AIC Team successfully commissioned the complete automation system for the rougher stand in GERDAU Manitoba Rolling Mill n°4. The intervention focused on roughing mill automation using a new Allen Bradley ControlLogix PLC to achieve a fully automatic cycle, as well as adding main control desks for the rougher pulpit (Fig. […]
SMS group to supply environmentally-friendly technology for the production of steel bars to Megasider Zaragoza in Spain
• Merchant bar mill for Megasider is „hydrogen-ready“ • Walking beam furnace prepared for CO2-neutral production • SMS group consolidates leading position in Spanish market Megasider Zaragoza S.A.U., part of the Megasa Group since 2016, has placed an order with SMS group for a merchant bar mill equipped with environmentally-friendly […]
Robotic tagging station for Acindar passed factory acceptance testing.
In the last week, ArcelorMittal Acindar representatives visited our ATS Mechatronics branch (Udine, Italy) for running Factory Acceptance Tests on a brand-new bundles robotic tagging station that will be installed in the Argentina site.
Fujian Sangang Minguang Group Co., Ltd. grants FAC to KOCKS for new 3-roll RSB®
Fujian Sangang Minguang Group Co., Ltd. (Sanming) has issued the Final Acceptance Certificate (FAC) for its new KOCKS RSB® 370++/4 in 5.0 design. Just four weeks after the first bar rolled from the new block, the Chinese producer of SBQ products and Friedrich KOCKS GmbH & Co KG signed the […]