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Stainless Steel
Carbon Steel
Steelmaking
High-Performance Solutions for Optimized Steel Production Routes and Plant Equipment
The steelmaking plants at Primetals Technologies are designed to address the rising energy costs and challenging market conditions faced by the steel-producing industries. As demands for product quality and process accuracy continue to grow, Primetals Technologies focuses on process optimization. This includes individual plant design, tried-and-tested technologies, sophisticated automation packages, and sustainable solutions for offgas treatment and utilization. As a global full-line provider and developer of numerous innovative processes in steelmaking, Primetals Technologies possesses the background, experience, and expertise to advise producers on the optimum steelmaking route and plant equipment. Moreover, it supports customers in increasing the performance and flexibility of their plants.
Steelmaking
Advanced Steelmaking from Primetals Technologies
LD Converter
Discover cutting-edge LD (Linz-Donawitz) converter steelmaking technologies designed to boost productivity, reduce emissions, and optimize plant operations globally.
Electric Arc Furnaces
Discover cutting-edge electric arc furnace technologies. Boost productivity, reduce energy consumption, and enhance steel quality with innovative EAF solutions.
AOD Converters
Enhance stainless steel production with the AOD converter. Boost efficiency, reduce chromium loss, and optimize processes for high-quality results.
Ensure high-quality steel with advanced hot metal treatment solutions. Reduce impurities, maximize productivity, and lower refining costs with desulfurization and dephosphorization.
Discover the electric smelting furnace designed for sustainable steel production. Reduce emissions and costs while processing low-grade iron ore efficiently.
Ensure high-quality steel with advanced hot metal treatment solutions. Reduce impurities, maximize productivity, and lower refining costs with desulfurization and dephosphorization.
Discover the electric smelting furnace designed for sustainable steel production. Reduce emissions and costs while processing low-grade iron ore efficiently.
Ensure high-quality steel with advanced hot metal treatment solutions. Reduce impurities, maximize productivity, and lower refining costs with desulfurization and dephosphorization.
Discover the electric smelting furnace designed for sustainable steel production. Reduce emissions and costs while processing low-grade iron ore efficiently.
Maximize steel production efficiency with the BOF Optimizer, offering dynamic control, real-time visualization, and optimized raw material strategies for LD converters.
AOD Optimizer
Optimize stainless steel production with the AOD Optimizer, featuring real-time control, cost reduction, and advanced metallurgical models for enhanced quality.
EAF Optimizer
Achieve stable steel quality and reduce costs with the EAF Optimizer, featuring advanced metallurgical models.
Steelmaking Process Assistant
Boost steelmaking efficiency with the digital Steelmaking Process Assistant. Reduce errors, standardize processes, and enhance product quality.
Ladle Position Monitor
Enhance steel production with automated ladle identification. Improve equipment utilization, reduce downtime, and ensure safety with advanced 3D and RFID technologies.
Robotics
LiquiRob: Advanced Robotic Solution
LiquiRob ensures operator safety and boosts steel production efficiency. Automate tasks like sampling, inspections, and measurements with precision.
Scrap
Scrap Profile Monitor
Automate scrap yard operations with precise 3D volume measurements. Boost efficiency, reduce downtime, and streamline warehouse management effortlessly.
Scrap Composition Monitor
Enhance steel production safety and quality with the Scrap Composition Monitor. Automatically identify hazardous materials, ensure compliance, and boost efficiency.
Scrap Yard Supervisor
Automate scrap yard operations with real-time tracking and optimized scrap mix calculations. Enhance safety, reduce costs, and improve material handling efficiency.
Digitalization
Production Management Liquid & Solid
Optimize steel production with Production Management Liquid and Solid, offering cross-plant planning, quality control, and logistics integration for enhanced efficiency.
Online Heat Scheduler
Optimize meltshop operations with the Online Heat Scheduler, offering dynamic planning, reactive scheduling, and reduced energy consumption for steel production.
Central Operation Cockpit
Streamline steel plant operations with real-time monitoring, automated alerts, and advanced tools for safety, efficiency, and consistent quality.
ALEX: Asset Life Expert
Monitor condition, detect failures early, and optimize maintenance with Asset Life Expert (ALEX) for steel plants.
Through-Process Quality Control
Ensure top-quality steel production with TPQC. Leverage real-time data, predictive analytics, and defect prevention for enhanced efficiency and precision.
Digitalization
Automation & Digital Solutions
Our advanced automation solutions for LD converters and AOD plants deliver exceptional operational excellence through dynamic process control and powerful metallurgical models. The system ensures reproducible steel quality while maximizing yield and throughput. Our comprehensive digitalization portfolio features Digital Twin technology for process simulation and operator training, complemented by the intelligent Steelmaking Digital Assistant, which provides targeted guidance throughout the production process. Metals Intelligence, combined with through-process quality management capabilities, enables data-driven process optimization and quality control.
BOF Optimizer
Maximize steel production efficiency with the BOF Optimizer, offering dynamic control, real-time visualization, and optimized raw material strategies for LD converters.
AOD Optimizer
Optimize stainless steel production with the AOD Optimizer, featuring real-time control, cost reduction, and advanced metallurgical models for enhanced quality.
EAF Optimizer
Achieve stable steel quality and reduce costs with the EAF Optimizer, featuring advanced metallurgical models.
Steelmaking Process Assistant
Boost steelmaking efficiency with the digital Steelmaking Process Assistant. Reduce errors, standardize processes, and enhance product quality.
Ladle Position Monitor
Enhance steel production with automated ladle identification. Improve equipment utilization, reduce downtime, and ensure safety with advanced 3D and RFID technologies.
Digitalization
Automation & Digital Solutions
Our advanced automation solutions for LD converters and AOD plants deliver exceptional operational excellence through dynamic process control and powerful metallurgical models. The system ensures reproducible steel quality while maximizing yield and throughput. Our comprehensive digitalization portfolio features Digital Twin technology for process simulation and operator training, complemented by the intelligent Steelmaking Digital Assistant, which provides targeted guidance throughout the production process. Metals Intelligence, combined with through-process quality management capabilities, enables data-driven process optimization and quality control.
BOF Optimizer
Maximize steel production efficiency with the BOF Optimizer, offering dynamic control, real-time visualization, and optimized raw material strategies for LD converters.
AOD Optimizer
Optimize stainless steel production with the AOD Optimizer, featuring real-time control, cost reduction, and advanced metallurgical models for enhanced quality.
EAF Optimizer
Achieve stable steel quality and reduce costs with the EAF Optimizer, featuring advanced metallurgical models.
Steelmaking Process Assistant
Boost steelmaking efficiency with the digital Steelmaking Process Assistant. Reduce errors, standardize processes, and enhance product quality.
Ladle Position Monitor
Enhance steel production with automated ladle identification. Improve equipment utilization, reduce downtime, and ensure safety with advanced 3D and RFID technologies.
Environmental Solutions
Environmental Solutions for Steelmaking
Solutions
Off-Gas Cleaning
Primary Dry Dedusting for LD Converters
Optimize gas cleaning with Dry Dedusting Systems (DDS) for LD converters. Achieve superior dust control, recover energy, and ensure compliance with advanced DDS.
Achieve superior dust control and energy recovery with wet dedusting systems for LD converters. Ensure compliance, reduce emissions, and enhance steelmaking efficiency.
Optimize gas cleaning with Dry Dedusting Systems (DDS) for LD converters. Achieve superior dust control, recover energy, and ensure compliance with advanced DDS.
Achieve superior dust control and energy recovery with wet dedusting systems for LD converters. Ensure compliance, reduce emissions, and enhance steelmaking efficiency.
Optimize gas cleaning with Dry Dedusting Systems (DDS) for LD converters. Achieve superior dust control, recover energy, and ensure compliance with advanced DDS.
Achieve superior dust control and energy recovery with wet dedusting systems for LD converters. Ensure compliance, reduce emissions, and enhance steelmaking efficiency.
Learn More about Steelmaking from Primetals Technologies
Revamping of BOF Converter at ArcelorMittal Gent
The revamp of the 330-ton LD converter at ArcelorMittal Gent illustrates how design optimization, combined with a specialized logistical solution, enabled a successful and efficient upgrade.
The revamp of the 330-ton LD converter at ArcelorMittal Gent illustrates how design optimization, combined with a specialized logistical solution, enabled a successful and efficient upgrade.
Four AOD Converters for TISCO and Shandong Xinhai Industry
New stainless steel plant from Primetals Technologies delivered to a joint venture of Chinese steel producers Taiyuan Iron and Steel Group Co. (TISCO) and Shandong Xinhai Industry.
New stainless steel plant from Primetals Technologies delivered to a joint venture of Chinese steel producers Taiyuan Iron and Steel Group Co. (TISCO) and Shandong Xinhai Industry.
Primetals Technologies Chosen as Supplier of Electric Arc Furnace Based Steelmaking Plant in Austria
Voestalpine has placed an order for a 180-ton EAF Ultimate with an annual capacity of 1.6 million tons of liquid steel to be implemented in Linz. Read more!
Voestalpine has placed an order for a 180-ton EAF Ultimate with an annual capacity of 1.6 million tons of liquid steel to be implemented in Linz. Read more!
