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Siemens to Upgrade Automation, Controls for TKS Casting-Rolling Mill

12/19/2011 - ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG has placed an order with Siemens VAI Metals Technologies to upgrade the casting-rolling mill at the Duisburg-Bruckhausen location with new basic automation and technology packages.

ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG has placed an order with Siemens VAI Metals Technologies to upgrade the casting-rolling mill at the Duisburg-Bruckhausen, Germany location with new basic automation and technology packages. The upgrade will bring the plant’s automation to the current state of the art.
 
In addition to operating a hot wide strip mill, the ThyssenKrupp Steel plant in Bruckhausen also operates a casting-rolling mill where liquid steel is cast into thin slabs of 48 to 63 millimeters in thickness and up to 1,600 millimeters width then rolled out inline to strips measuring 1.0 to 12.7 millimeters thick.
 
Siemens will equip the casting-rolling mill with a series of state-of-the-art technological controls, including Mold Expert breakout prevention and LevCon mold level control, both of which are to be implemented by the end of 2011. The scope of delivery will also include DynaFlex oscillator control for flexible adjustment of the oscillation parameters, optimized DynaWidth control of the adjustable mold for online modification of slab width, ASTC (Automatic Strand Taper Control) segment adjusting as well as bender and straightener adjustment.
 
The casting-roll mill also will be equipped with a new Simatic PCS7 basic automation system, including a visualization system.
 
The automation packages and the technological controls will be installed and commissioned without additional down times. The project, which has a volume of several million Euros, is to be completed in the spring of 2013. Breakout prevention and closed-loop mold level control will already be in use as from the end of 2011.
 
At ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe's Duisburg-Bruckhausen factory, Siemens is currently also involved in a comprehensive modernization of Hot Strip Rolling Mill No. 1. The aim of this project is to further improve product quality and extend the product mix.
 
The Siemens Industry Sector (Erlangen, Germany) is a leading international supplier of innovative and environmentally friendly products and solutions for industrial customers. With a global workforce of more than 100,000 employees, the Industry Sector comprises the Divisions Industry Automation, Drive Technologies and Customer Services as well as the Business Unit Metals Technologies.
 
The Metals Technologies Business Unit (Linz, Austria), part of the Siemens Industry Sector, is one of the world’s leading suppliers of plant construction and engineering in the iron and steel industry as well as in the flat rolling segment of the aluminum industry. The Business Unit offers a comprehensive product and service portfolio for metallurgical plants and equipment as well as integrated automation and environmental solutions covering the entire lifecycle of plants.