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• Replacement of entire strip cooling
• Extends product mix and product range
• Executed remotely due to pandemic conditions

Recently, Primetals Technologies received the final acceptance certificate for the replaced laminar cooling section installed at the 2050mm hot strip mill in the Shanghai, China production site of Baoshan Iron & Steel, Co., Ltd. (Baosteel).

• ABB Ability™ Smart Melt Shop digitally connects all steel melt shop processes and moving equipment to synchronize operations and improve production efficiencies, moving steelmakers towards autonomous operations
• The new digital application automates and optimizes ladle and crane movements in steel melt shops enabling metals producers to closely track and schedule the transport of molten metal from furnace to caster
• The solution has already been installed by JSW Steel Ltd, India's leading steel company

Pioneering technology leader ABB has launched ABB Ability™ Smart Melt Shop, the first smart factory digital application of its kind for the metals industry. It is designed to increase melt shop productivity, save energy and improve employee safety, with payback within six months.

• First minimill for flat products with lowest environmental impact in operation
• 85% CO2 savings compared to integrated production route
• Coils for sales market directly produced during first heat
• New products for further CO2 savings by omitting cold rolling process

Recently, Chinese steel producer Henan Yaxin Steel Group Co., Ltd. (Henan Yaxin) has started up its eco-friendly minimill for flat products consisting of two EAF Quantum electric arc furnaces and an Arvedi ESP line at its Fujian Dingsheng plant. Tapping weight of each EAF unit is maximum 115 metric tons.

• Aurubis and SMS sign a contract regarding the planning, delivery, and assembly of the main facilities for the new Aurubis plant in the US Construction of Aurubis Richmond to start in summer 2022, commissioning planned for first half of 2024
• Aurubis and SMS sign an additional cooperation agreement for collaboration in the longer term

Aurubis AG and the SMS group, based in Düsseldorf, signed a contract today for the construction of a multimetal recycling plant in the United States. As Aurubis announced on November 10, construction of the new Aurubis recycling plant will start in mid-2022 in Augusta (Richmond County) in the state of Georgia. Upon commissioning (scheduled for the first half of 2024), the plant will process about 90,000 tons of complex recycling materials annually. Aurubis is creating over 100 jobs in the region as well.

The good service provided for slab caster #3 over the years convinced the Chinese steelmaker to entrust all its casters to Danieli Service.

• Modernization package with digital-ready solutions will help to improve efficiency, increase reliability and boost quality at Global Steel Wire's facility in Santander
• ABB's demand-based medium voltage drives will result in optimized power consumption and higher process efficiency
• ABB carried out a Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) remotely using augmented reality (AR) during this key metals industry project

• Increased safety through automatic vessel exchange
• Improves operating costs
• Dedusting system with provisions for heat recovery system reduces environmental impacts

Unforeseen bearing failures in production-critical machines and equipment can prove extremely costly in replacement parts, labour and downtime, all of which have a negative impact on bottom-line profitability. This problem becomes worse in contaminated environments, such as those prevalent in steel manufacturing, which is why increasing numbers of steel plants are turning to the advantages offered by NSK’s long-life Super-TF spherical roller bearings. Manufactured from a specially developed, proprietary material, these bearings are able to increase service life and uptime significantly.