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Sessions (18)

The Digital Twin in Continuous Casting — A New Dimension in Automation Technology (Room 316)

06 May 19
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Tracks: Electrical Applications

Speaker(s): Brannon Moore ; Christian Brugger ; Daniel Fuchshuber ; Paul Pennerstorfer ; Reinhold Leitner
A digital twin, which is an intelligent digital representation of a physical plant, product or process, allows metallurgists and process engineers ... More...

The Use of Virtual Reality in Examining Strip Flatness (Room 316)

06 May 19
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Tracks: Electrical Applications

Speaker(s): Donald Gray
The use of virtual reality to visualize strip flatness over longer lengths than is possible with traditional camera-based systems could be of great... More...

The Road to Digitalization Is Paved With Intelligent Solutions (Room 316)

06 May 19
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Tracks: Electrical Applications

Speaker(s): Bernhard Voglmayr ; Reinhold Leitner ; Richard Stadlmayr ; Roman Aspetsberger ; Thomas Kuehas ; Wolfgang Oberaigner
Today’s steel production is driven by process optimization and efficient productivity. For a reliable and sustainable solution, the answer is digit... More...

Building the First Prototype IIoT Solution for Your Power System (Room 316)

06 May 19
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Tracks: Electrical Applications

Speaker(s): Anil Kanagala ; Hiranya Pathak ; Poojit Lingam
This paper presents a prototype Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) solution using readily available hardware and software platforms. A data acqui... More...

Driving Business Value in Industry 4.0: Big Data and Analytics for the Improvement of Steel Processes (Room 316)

06 May 19
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Electrical Applications

Speaker(s): Aracely Martinez ; Esteban Lopez ; Ivonne Ibarra ; Marcelo Saparrat
Global steel producers face new challenges every day due to the need to be competitive in their markets and, at the same time, produce high-quality... More...

Adding Life to Water-Cooled Power Cables Through Innovation in Core Construction (Room 316)

06 May 19
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Tracks: Electrical Applications

Electric arc furnace (EAF) technology represents around 25% of global steel production. Short-lived service of EAF water-cooled power cables are an... More...

How Furnace Model Predictive Control Forecasts Transitions to Enhance Strip Quality and Productivity (Room 316)

06 May 19
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Tracks: Electrical Applications

Speaker(s): Cédric Perottet
Strip processing furnaces are highly non-linear and delayed systems on which automation control and unsophisticated math are not sufficiently relia... More...

Keeping Critical Spaces Clean Using Room Pressurization (Room 316)

06 May 19
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Tracks: Electrical Applications

Speaker(s): Josh Longmire
Some mills use HVAC systems to try and keep critical spaces (MCC rooms/Transformer vaults/etc) clean and conditioned. This is a very costly method ... More...

A Case Study: Engineering Solutions to Production-Stifling Issues at a Steel Mill (Room 316)

06 May 19
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Tracks: Electrical Applications

Speaker(s): Kasey May ; Matthew Conville ; William Kilpatrick
Six months became the average duration of reliable service expected for several of the motors at a 5-stand cold mill in an Indiana steel mill; a pr... More...

An Optimized Turnkey Solution for the Modernization of an Aging Power Quality Compensating System for an Electric Arc Furnace (Room 316)

06 May 19
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Electrical Applications

Speaker(s): Anil Kanagala ; Sonal Bhatt ; Visvesvaran Subramanian
STATCOM plays a key role in allowing a steel producer to maximize production, by providing a stable power supply, and to comply with power quality ... More...

Substations for Industry 4.0 Steel Plants (Room 316)

07 May 19
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Tracks: Electrical Applications

Speaker(s): Hiranya Pathak ; Poojit Lingam ; Ramesh Khajjayam
This paper compares the design and construction of a digital substation with a conventional substation. An executed conventional substation is rede... More...

Life Extension of Motor Control Centers: When to Maintain and When to Replace (Room 316)

07 May 19
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Tracks: Electrical Applications

Speaker(s): David Durocher ; Matt Hussey
Facilities depend on keeping critical assets running. Often this equipment is controlled by motor control centers (MCCs) that can last for decades ... More...

Modernization of MG Set and DC Drives to AC Drives-Based Solutions - A Power Distribution and Quality Perspective (Room 316)

07 May 19
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Tracks: Electrical Applications

Speaker(s): Anil Kanagala ; Poojit Lingam ; Roland Resch
As the metals industry prepares to meet the projected increase in local demand, many mills are upgrading their existing motor-generator (MG) set an... More...

Electric Power System Reliability for Steel Manufacturing (Room 316)

07 May 19
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Electrical Applications

Speaker(s): Alan Ross ; Brad Nanna ; Chip Angus
The greatest risk to any form of steelmaking is the power supply. From the standpoint of the electric power system, four critical asset classes in ... More...

Performance Improvements of the Reheat Furnace Level 2 Control System at AM/NS Calvert LLC (Room 316)

08 May 19
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM

Tracks: Electrical Applications

Speaker(s): Daniel Pellecchia ; Louis "Brian" Pueschel ; Thomas Lanzendorfer
AM/NS operates three walking beam reheat furnaces, originally installed by Tenova in 2010, to heat slabs for rolling into strip at its Calvert, Ala... More...

Nucor Steel–Indiana Cold Mill Modernization (Room 316)

08 May 19
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

Tracks: Electrical Applications

Speaker(s): Thomas Richards
The cold mill of Nucor Steel–Indiana, Crawfordsville, Ind., USA, had last been modernized in the late 1990s. All of the electronics — including com... More...

Upgrading a Large Process Line Without Impacting Production (Room 316)

08 May 19
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Tracks: Electrical Applications

Speaker(s): Paul Slater
The dual line at U. S. Steel's Fairfield Works is a critical facility with very limited downtime. The existing automation is a proprietary system d... More...

Modernization of Continuous Casting Machine in the Era of Intelligent Manufacturing (Room 316)

08 May 19
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Tracks: Electrical Applications

Speaker(s): Andrea Polo ; Loris Busolini ; Marco Ometto ; Sri Challapalli
Investments are always required to modernize plants and improve their competitiveness level; minimization of the intervention risk is also targeted... More...