Title

APPLICATION AND OPERATIONAL RESULTS OF TECHNOLOGICAL PACKAGES TO ELIMINATE THE HUMAN OPERATION AROUND THE EAF AND IMPROVE THE SAFETY LEVEL

Authorship

Filipovic, Ivo; Cargnelutti, Walter; Londero, Giovanni

Filipovic, Ivo

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Cargnelutti, Walter

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Londero, Giovanni

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DOI

10.5151/1982-9345-28048

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Abstract

The steel melting process in an Electric Arc Furnace is a complex set of tasks, coping with highly dangerous hazards as fire, explosions, uncontrolled reactions, hot metal projections and gas or dust emissions. Melt shops are dangerous working areas for operators, recording statistics with a high frequency of injuries. In the past years, without dedicated safety equipment, there wasn't a real attitude to the risk prevention. The paper describes the available technological packages to eliminate the manned activities on the melting floor, with the aim to prevent accidents and keep furnace operators safe. The technological packages suite extends the automatic control of the EAF melting process to all the operations from charging phase to tapping. Plus, the integration of the most frequent operations by automated specialized tools effectively minimizes power-off times, enhancing reliability and improving the transformation costs.

Keywords

Automatic electric arc furnace, Safety human operation, Risk reduction

Risk reduction