Reimagine meltshop operations
What does reimagining steelmaking mean? Think about a car. A new car today is as much an app as a means of transportation. It is a hub in a digital network with sensors, dynamic systems, and constant online connectivity. The same should be said about steel manufacturing, yet many plants lack a universal digitalization strategy. The challenge lies in seeing process data as valuable assets, asking yourself:
Discover the next steps towards more efficient Steel Production Management
Our industry specialists have developed three different guides targeting the most important challenges for improving your digital steel production management. Find inspiration and learn from our experts.
More efficient Steel Production Management with UTCAS®
The UTCAS® SPM – Steel Production Management system – ensures operational excellence in advanced metals processing, enabled by data-driven process design, standardization, and optimization models.
Explore how a unified SPM can transform the melt shop from static and fragmented systems to a dynamic process control platform with improved flexibility and target precision.
One system, one interface
UTCAS® has the same type of interface regardless of process, making it easier to navigate, coordinate and act. This not only reduces complexity and switching between systems but also makes it significantly easier to introduce operators and process engineers to new process areas. Familiar tools and logic across the melt shop lower the learning curve and support more flexible, cross-functional staffing and making onboarding easy.
Embedded know-how
UTCAS® lets the know-how of the process engineer be embedded in the system by sophisticated tools for design and simulation. Standard operating practices turn into built-in process logic based on actual data from your specific steel grades. This ensures high-quality, repeatable outcomes – reducing variation and improving production reliability.
Data-Driven Process Metallurgy – UTCAS at Kanthal
Consider a component like the refractory lining in a steelmaking vessel. Traditionally, it’s treated as a maintenance item. But in digitalized steelmaking, it’s also seen as a process factor – impacting heat loss, temperature stability, and ultimately, yield.
This integration of operations and maintenance data is a hallmark of the UTCAS approach. Everything is connected. Everything matters – every heat, every day.
At Kanthal’s steel plant in Hallstahammar, Sweden, the process metallurgists embraced this data-driven approach to converter refining optimization with the UTCAS system.
Learn more about how they used UTCAS simulation capabilities to reduce refractory wear and improve operational efficiency.
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