Ladle Tracker

The Ladle Tracker is a digital tracking and management system designed to optimize ladle utilization and maintenance schedules in steel plants. This system addresses the challenges faced by maintenance managers, process engineers, and steel plant operators in ensuring accurate tracking and condition monitoring of ladles. The Ladle Tracker offers real-time ladle tracking, improved ladle utilization, and precise thermal condition management. Therefore, it enhances product quality and increases operational efficiency. It also increases maintenance precision for ladle components through features like position tracking with visualization, thermal condition tracking, and ladle life data tracking.

The Ladle Tracker fulfills critical demands in steel production by optimizing ladle utilization and maintenance schedules. It ensures accurate tracking and condition monitoring of ladles, enhancing safety and efficiency in steel manufacturing processes. This system significantly reduces inaccuracies in ladle location tracking and minimizes the risk of thermal condition mismanagement. By reducing equipment lifespan uncertainties and maintenance inefficiencies, the Ladle Tracker enables steel producers to achieve higher operational efficiency. Its features include position tracking with visualization based on automatic or manual inputs, thermal condition tracking with comprehensive data, and ladle life data tracking that includes usage, heat times, and details of mounted equipment. An add-on available for ladle scheduling and optimization automatically selects the best-fitting ladle for the next heat.

Benefits of Ladle Tracker from Primetals Technologies

• Enhances operational efficiency with real-time ladle tracking
• Improves ladle utilization and thermal condition management
• Increases maintenance precision for ladle components
• Reduces inaccuracies in ladle location tracking
• Minimizes risk of thermal condition mismanagement
• Decreases equipment lifespan uncertainties
• Supports automatic ladle scheduling and optimization