Automated Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) Charging with EAF ChargeOpt

The EAF ChargeOpt is an automated electric arc furnace charging system designed to assist operators in achieving safe and efficient scrap charging. This system maximizes plant uptime and availability while reducing operational costs. By employing an automated crane system, EAF ChargeOpt ensures precise and repeatable movement patterns and automatic detection of basket position. This technology addresses the challenges of operational safety, process efficiency, and reproducibility in the steel industry, providing a reliable solution for steel producers running electric arc furnaces.

The EAF ChargeOpt system offers a fully automated crane system for scrap charging into electric arc furnaces, ensuring safe and reliable production without failures, damages, or downtimes. The system guarantees exactly reproducible electric arc furnace scrap-charging, significantly reducing power-off times and achieving the highest plant availability. By synchronizing crane, doghouse, and roof movements of the electric arc furnace, the EAF ChargeOpt enhances operational safety and reproducibility. The automated detection of basket position accommodates unprecise positions and various scrap bucket dimensions, while the automated pick-up of buckets with main and auxiliary crane traverse reduces crane maintenance. This results in repeatable, optimized crane movements, improving safety, and offering a return on investment in less than one year.

Benefits of the EAF ChargeOpt

• Reduces downtimes and failures, enhancing plant availability.
• Minimizes human labor requirements, increasing operational efficiency.
• Eliminates safety hazards during scrap charging, ensuring a safer work environment.
• Increases plant uptime, maximizing production capabilities.
• Enhances operational safety with synchronized movements and automated systems.
• Improves process efficiency and reproducibility, leading to consistent production quality.