Plate Mill Automation

Plate Mill Automation is a pioneering solution dedicated to enhancing the efficiency and precision of plate production. Using this technology, customers benefit from improved product quality and reduced operational cost by integrating cutting-edge automation systems into streamline operations. With Plate Mill Automation, steel manufacturers can achieve unparalleled levels of productivity and consistency, ensuring to meet the ever-evolving demands of the industry. Plate Mill Automation is the key to unlocking new levels of efficiency and product quality in plate production, offering steel manufacturers a robust solution to meet the challenges of modern industry demands.

The Plate Mill Automation system incorporates outstanding basic automation technologies such as Automatic Gauge Control and Dynamic Profile Control. It precisely controls critical rolling parameters through basic and process automation functionalities. All these controls work together to enhance the plate-rolling process, ensuring optimal performance and product quality. Additionally, the system incorporates material tracking and sequence control, MULPIC, hot and cold leveller, and shear line controls. Furthermore, the automation system integrates seamlessly with existing infrastructure, offering a scalable solution for future growth. The system's robust architecture supports extensive data exchange between control systems, facilitated by powerful controllers and computer systems. This setup enables the real-time implementation of complex control algorithms, thereby enhancing the accuracy and performance of the automation processes.

Building on these core elements, the system incorporates advanced process automation functions that provide extreme precision and control over the rolling process. This includes the plan view pattern control, which features multi-point setups for optimal slab utilization, as well as the material temperature model for real-time temperature monitoring during batch rolling and thermo-mechanical rolling. The material flow model ensures precise rolling pressure distribution. Another benefit is the integration of the Contour and Flatness Optimizer, ensuring precise profile and flatness targets. Smart-crown roll shifting and work roll bending techniques support the customers in achieving these goals. Additionally, the Plate Mill Automation system utilizes neural networks machine learning to adjust parameters such as flow stress and heat flux. This improves overall process control while maintaining strict product tolerances. In combination, these advanced controls and automation functions optimize the rolling process, driving peak performance and consistently delivering top-quality results.

Benefits of Plate Mill Automation from Primetals Technologies

• Consistent quality ensured: maintain high product standards, reduce defects through real-time monitoring and adjustments
• Increased productivity: speed up the production process and minimizing downtime by reducing manual intervention, resulting in higher throughput
• Ensure meticulous management of plate dimensions and properties: guarantee products meet exact specifications via advanced algorithms

Features of Plate Mill Automation from Primetals Technologies

• Neural networks machine learning: enhance process control by adapting physical parameters such as flow stress and heat flux, ensuring tight product tolerances
• Automatic gauge control: maintain precise strip thickness by compensating for roll force deviations, ensuring consistent material thickness
• Material tracking and sequence control: monitor slab position and initiates actions based on material location, optimizing the rolling process
• Dynamic profile control: ensure the roll gap contour remains constant despite changes in roll force, thereby maintaining the desired profile
• Contour and Flatness Optimizer: achieve target values for profile and flatness using smart-crown-roll shifting and work-roll bending
• User-friendly HMI: offer an intuitive interface for seamless operation and monitoring, thereby enhancing user experience and operational oversight
• Hot/cold levellers control setups: to achieve the target flatness of plates, ensuring quality standards are met
• Shear line controls: automate transport and cutting processes to ensure efficient and accurate piece cutting
• Multipoint setups: offer a sequence of setups to achieve specific thickness profiles at head or tail ends, tailoring the production process
• Plan view pattern control: utilize quantitative predictions to achieve a nearly rectangular plate shape upon completion of rolling