Tenova Goodfellow to Supply EFSOP System to AICHI Steel
04/04/2012 - Tenova Goodfellow has received a purchase order from Sumitomo Shoji Machinex Co., Ltd., on behalf of AICHI Steel, to supply one Goodfellow EFSOP® holistic optimization system for the AICHI plant in Tokai-Shi, Aichi-Ken, Japan.
Tenova Goodfellow has received a purchase order from Sumitomo Shoji Machinex Co., Ltd., on behalf of AICHI Steel, to supply one Goodfellow EFSOP® holistic optimization system for the AICHI plant in Tokai-Shi, Aichi-Ken, Japan.
EFSOP will be installed on the 150-tonne electric arc furnace and will include online exhaust gas monitoring.
Tenova Goodfellow’s proprietary system involves hardware and software technology that continuously samples furnace off-gas and uses this off-gas analysis along with real-time operating data from select process points to provide dynamic process control and optimization.
Installation and commissioning of the EFSOP system at AICHI Steel is scheduled for the summer of 2012.
Aichi Steel was founded in January 1934, when Toyoda Automatic Loom Works Ltd. (the current Toyota Industries Corp.) established its “Steel Production Department” for the research and creation of specialty steel for manufacturing of cars. Aichi Steel continues to pursue the development and evolution of specialty steel.
Tenova Goodfellow Inc. is the center of excellence for process control technology for EAF and BOF steelmaking. The company designs and supplies advanced technologies, products, and services for the metal and mining industries, operating close to its customers through a network of 33 companies based on five continents.
