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Primetals modernizes continuous heat treatment line from AMAG

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Autor: Redaktion

Datum: 06. Nov. 2018

The order involves renewing the electrical and automation equipment as well as replacing and adding instrumentation and control components. The safety equipment will also be brought up to the state-of-the-art. The goals of the modernization are to use standardized solutions to simplify maintenance, increase availability, and install safety equipment complying with the requirements of the machine safety ordinance.
The main components of the continuous heat treatment line run by AMAG rolling in Ranshofen, Austria are a coil preparation system, a strip infeed with uncoiler, a stitcher and strip looper, a strip flotation furnace, the strip outfeed with strip looper, an inspection section and a coiler. Primetals constructed the plant at the end of the 1990s. It now contains obsolete components, which make optimal maintenance more difficult in respect of availability and the procurement of spare parts.
Primetals will replace the control systems and controls for the strip processing and furnace, switchgear, cables and sensor system, and equip the plant with new visualization and diagnostic facilities. Furthermore, control containers, hydraulic components, railings and doors with guard locking will be added.
The comprehensive renewal of the electrical systems and automation with standardized solutions will significantly simplify maintenance. The renewal and expansion of the safety equipment will create another significant benefit by simplifying the operation and maintenance of the plant by making operating conditions safer.
A standard, modular automation system will be installed with separate processors for process and safety functions. These will provide easy handling of the systems and user software. The approximately 1,500 peripheral signals will be linked to the central units through a common process field network. The signals will be coupled and decoupled by distributed I/O modules, which will be installed in control cabinets spread throughout the plant. In future, the process will be safely and reliably controlled by operating personnel from Thin Client operator stations.
The order also includes the risk analysis, hardware and software engineering as well as manufacturing, documentation, system test, installation, training and commissioning. The agreed implementation time is 17 months, and extends to the fall of 2019. The main components will be replaced and commissioned during a single general plant shutdown of minimal length. One particular challenge facing the team is meeting the customer’s strict quality requirements in full within a short time of commencing production.
AMAG rolling GmbH is a globally active producer of high quality, rolled aluminum products. The company belongs to the Austrian AMAG Group. It is one of the leading premium suppliers of high-quality cast and rolled aluminium products, which are used in a very wide range of industries such as the aircraft, automotive, sports equipment, lighting, mechanical engineering, construction and packaging industries.
(Source: Primetals Technologies, Limited)