EuroWire May 2023

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Steel mill modernisation with digital solutions SteelAsia Manufacturing Corp, the Philippines, is equipping its steel mill in the City of Calaca, Batangas, with SMS group-developed digital solutions that will provide a more efficient way to boost output without increasing its carbon footprint. condition monitoring and expert systems delivers real-time recommendations and notifications. Finally, the alarm manager will act as an intelligent alarm and main tenance management system to simplify fault analysis using intelligent prioritisa tion, multiple analysis options, linkage of resolution advice and automated notifications.

SteelAsia signed a performance improve ment agreement with SMS group to equip its Calaca steel plant with process automa tion and digitalisation based on artificial intelligence to produce green steel. The EPICA project (EAF performance improve ment partnership for Calaca) uses the lat est combustion technology and will be employed in the electric arc furnace (EAF). The pollution control system will also be upgraded to support the project. The digital components of the package include solutions based on artificial intel ligence and machine learning. The SMS Data Factory Suite functions as the central data platform. It collects all plant data, evaluates it and forwards this informa tion to the appropriate systems, for exam ple, to optimise real-time dashboards for KPI and plant monitoring. The complete platform for developing and managing

By using machine learning algorithms to provide real-time insights into the plant’s condition and process deficiencies, and by predicting machine failures, mainte nance measures can be taken proactively, production can be rescheduled and pro ductivity can be increased. SteelAsia’s Calaca steel plant will have higher energy efficiency, allowing it to in crease output by 20 per cent and cut emis sions because of the new digital solutions. Engineers and technicians at the SteelAsia plant will be given extensive training on the use of all digital technologies. “Advanced integrated solutions is the day’s buzzword, and we are proud to have Calaca as the Philippines’ first steel plant to be equipped with our leading technol

ogy,” said Prof Pino Tesè, chief sales officer, India and Asia Pacific region of SMS group. SteelAsia operates five other manufac turing plants in Bulacan, Cebu, Davao and Misamis Oriental. It plans to open a seventh plant this year in Compostela in Cebu, and to increase output from two million metric tons of steel rebar annually to three million metric tons. SMS group GmbH www.sms-group.com SteelAsia Manufacturing Corp www.steelasia.com Benjamin Yao, chairman and CEO of SteelAsia (left), and Prof Pino Tesè, chief sales officer India and Asia-Pacific region of SMS group

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