EuroWire September 2020

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AIC upgrades reheating furnace at CMC Florida

Automazioni Industriali Capitanio (AIC) has upgraded the reheating furnace Level 1 combustion control system at CMC Florida in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. The scope of supply included the field activities, design, manufacturing, internal testing, supply, installation assistance, commissioning and start-up activities of the electrical and automation (E&A) part to control and command the gas combustion within the reheating furnace at the rolling mill. The new PLC/ HMI system for the combustion control system is based on the ControlLogix platform from AB and FactoryTalk running on Stratus virtual server and thin client configuration. The upgrade has improved the functioning of the main track for the gas feeding, safety controls and combustion. The commissioning of the complete system was scheduled for February, and it took just one week of shutdown to completely replace the obsolete combustion system. This part of the upgrade increased the efficiency of the plant and the flexibility of the automation system. Some of the targets of the project are to reduce gas consumption and scale at the reheating furnace. AIC has its headquarters, engineering and workshops in Italy, with sales and service in the USA, and sales, engineering and service in India and Brazil. The company is a global system integrator providing advanced and tailored automation and

▲ ▲ The team on-site at CMC Florida robotic solutions for the steel industry, with the aim to continuously improve efficiency, competitiveness and safety of the production processes. With more than 1,000 applications worldwide and more than 40 years of history, AIC has experience in both greenfield and revamping projects in melt shops and long-product rolling mills. CMC (Commercial Metals Company), headquartered in Irving, Texas, USA, operates local recycling centres; steel mini mills and micro mills; fabrication

facilities; construction-related product warehouses; heat treating facilities; and other metals-related operations in the USA and Europe. The company’s steel products are used in applications that include infrastructure, construction, agriculture, machinery, service centres and fabrication businesses. Automazioni Industriali Capitanio Srl www.aicnet.it CMC www.cmc.com

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