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Focus Area

  • Requirements Engineering and Management
  • Scrap Yard Management and Charge Design
  • Strategic Metallurgy & Process Development

Short Description

As part of this feasibility study, we analyze the existing production and quality data of the aluminium melting operation at the client with the aim of evaluating the potential for data-driven raw material optimization. The study includes in particular:

  • an on-site visit to assess the local production conditions;
  • an evaluation of the data basis with regard to completeness, consistency, and suitability for model development;
  • an analysis of historical production data (e.g. scrap quantities, melting parameters, chemical analyses) in order to identify relevant correlations between scrap usage and melt quality;
  • the development of a concept to determine whether, and in what form, a raw material optimization software solution (or a customer-specific adapted version) can be applied to this process;
  • an assessment of the economic potential, for example through the reduction of impurities, minimization of primary aluminium usage, and optimized scrap planning.

Special attention is given to the possibility of retrospectively evaluating scrap qualities on the basis of the available process and analysis data, in order to enable a more targeted use of critical scrap grades in the future. With the objective of reducing the existing production complexity (multiple parallel production lines, melting furnaces, holding furnaces), this study is focused on only one production line, consisting of one shredder plant and one melting furnace, in order to assess the general feasibility.

The result of the feasibility study is a final report containing an evaluation of the technical and economic feasibility of implementing an individual raw material optimization software solution for the operation at the customer.

Coupling Stations

EAF Tapping - Ladle (Transfer) Car

Coupling Media

Gas

Short Description

Automatic gas coupling (qouplerG1) for:

  • incl. non-return valves, assembly and testing kit and spare parts
  • 13 ladles (1 porous plugs)
  • 5 stations

Focus Area

  • Requirements Engineering and Management
  • Conceptual Software Engineering
  • Digitalization Strategy and Roadmapping

Short Description

The client plans to increase the level of digitisation in its operations, requiring full transparency and traceability across all relevant business and production processes. In order to define all requirements of a suitable software system, an assessment of the current production processes and IT infrastructure together with the key stakeholders of the client was performed. Based on the resulting requirement specification document, the client is able to make educated desicions on how to proceed in terms of relevant software solutions and implementation strategies. 

Coupling Stations

CCM

Coupling Media

Hydraulics - Ladle Slide Gate

Short Description

The qouplerDx will substitute the existing hand-held slide gate cylinder. The aim of the project is to create an automatic connection of the ladle slide gate cylinder to the ladle on the casting floor to improve the safety of the operator. The proposed solution will be built based on a new qoupler system that mechanically connects to the bell crank. The qoupler would actuate the bell crank in a similar fashion to the current manual procedures.