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May
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Regenerative Burners in the INI Large Structural Mill Furnace, Incheon, Korea
Steven J. O’Connor,
senior applications engineer, and James Kondziela, international
sales manager, Bloom Engineering Co., Pittsburgh, Pa. (soconnor@bloomeng.com,
jkondziela@bloomeng.com); Yoo In, chief executive officer, Combustech Ltd., Incheon,
Korea (yooin@tonky.co.kr); and Kim Byung Gi, rolling mill manager, INI Steel
Ltd., Incheon, Korea (Kbg9999@yahoo.co.kr)
As part of a fuel savings program at INI Steel, regenerative
burners replaced the existing side-fired burners in the bottom
preheat zone of a 6-zone walking beam furnace. A fuel savings
of 10 percent was realized, as well as an improvement in
steel heating quality.
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Managing a Controls Integration Retrofit Project
Ronald M. England (left), senior project manager,
and Leslie J. Haman (right), department manager, Matrix Technologies
Inc., Indianapolis, Ind. (rmengland@matrixti.com, ljhaman@matrixti.com)
Control
system retrofit projects present unique challenges in project
management. This article provides an overview of managing
such a project, from definition through system commissioning,
while delivering the project on schedule and within budget. |
DC Drive Upgrade Project of a Seamless
Tube Mill
Donald J. Kosnik (left), product
manager, Avtron Manufacturing Inc., Independence, Ohio (dkosnik@avtron.com),
and Jeffery Webster (right), senior reliability
engineer — electrical, The Timken Co., Gambrinous Steel
Plant, Canton, Ohio (jeffery.webster@timken.com)
Timken’s
No. 5 tube mill was upgraded in several stages, leading
to improved reliability and productivity without incurring
lengthy downtime. Justifications, strategies and results
of the upgrade are discussed.
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Strategic
Planning for Asset Management — An
Overview
James W. Davis, vice president, Strategic
Asset Management Inc., Unionville, Conn. (jdavis@samicorp.com)
Research
shows that increasing asset productivity and reducing costs
are powerful contributors to improving profitability. A
plan for effective asset management can lead to reduced
maintenance costs and increased real capacity — with
no capital investment in equipment. |
Installation of a Stove
Waste Heat Recovery System at U. S. Steel Fairfield Works
Conrad Amos (left), project manager, U.
S. Steel Corp. Fairfield Works, Fairfield, Ala. (camos@uss.com),
and Peter M. Martin (right), ATSI
Engineering Services Inc., Cranberry Township, Pa. (peter.m.martin@siemens.com)
The installation of a blast furnace stove waste heat recovery
system at U. S. Steel Fairfield Works led to both energy savings
and operating savings. This article describes the installed
system and summarizes the start-up, ongoing operation and process
savings obtained. |
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