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Digitizing Work Processes, Optimizing Production SOA-based industrial PBM software “adds value to any existing ERP, MES, and HMI system.” |
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New Algorithms Pace Strip-Quality Control Algorithms—the step-by-step lists of directions that need to be followed to solve a problem—have become essential to producing better steel products. Two recent developments show how algorithms aid the effort to roll high-grade hot strip, and to apply coatings to that strip. |
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Corus Strip Products Adopts SCM Program Broner Metals Solutions (www.bronermetals.com), a provider of supply chain planning, scheduling, and manufacturing execution systems,... |
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Laser Processor Adopts Automation, Scripting Solution Iowa Laser Technology Inc., in Cedar Falls, IA, offers laser-processing services to automotive, agricultural, mining, construction, and other... |
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VA Stahl Extends Optimization Program to WB Furnace For voestalpine Stahl in Linz, Austria, the existing AIS Steel Planner program has been extended to encompass a new new reheat furnace. The... |
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Networking Deploys New Applications for Metal Distribution Chain O'Neal Steel, a service center chain with 70 offices and operations, streamlined its network operations and accelerated implementation of an... |
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Selling Time on the Mill? How about figuring out "profit per minute" Maxager absorbs production data and enterprise information, and computes the advantages of potential outcomes. |
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Contracts in the News: Gerdau AmeriSteel, CMC Steel, Nucor … Cascade Steel, Atlas Tube, and more |
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Just Drive If there’s one aspect of plant technology about which operators need expert advice it’s drive systems. |
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Five Ideas to Get You Started A lot automation systems need to be made more efficient, more reliable, more effective. Here are some recent approaches to common automation problems. |
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Information Management System … … Serves as Launch Point for Titanium Rod and Wiremaker |
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Direct-Rollng Simulator Promises New Options in Research Such processes are the future of steelmaking, everyone agrees. But progress toward such systems is limited by the opportunities for real-time, on-site research. Until now. |
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Price for Profit, Not Margin Time-based metrics evaluate true product profitability — and enable satisfactory returns for shareholders. |
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Reaping the Rewards of Remote Monitoring and Diagnostics Proactive monitoring of rotating equipment and control systems can increase plant efficiency and reduce unplanned downtime, and operating and maintenance costs. |
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Technology Tipsheet: Keep Your Power Up … and Energy Costs, and Waste, Down Motors demand a lot of attention and a lot of upkeep. A motor maintenance expert offers four ideas to remember, to keep service reliable and costs under control. |
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Find the right first step … ... define the problem before defining the solution |
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Technology Tipsheet: Are you ready? Are your motor drives ready? A pair of drives systems experts offer a guide to keeping motor drives in best condition, to ease retrofits to a process line or reactivate an idle line. |
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IT Program for Selecting Bearing Lubricants A knowledge-based system makes it easier and faster to choose among standard and non-standard greases and oils, according to the particular operating conditions. |
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Steelmaker Uses “Knowledgeware” to Capture Technical Skills By Sebastian Dewhurst One of Europe's leading steel producers has captured and “leveraged” the knowledge of their technical... |
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Melting by Numbers A three-year research program is developing a process model to make the most of all the data that PLCs provide. |
