Title

DETECTION AND RESOLUTION OF ADVERSE MELT SHOP CONDITIONS THROUGH THE USE OF THE GRAFTECH ARCHITECH SYSTEM

Authorship

Kurela, Theodore James; Lugo-Flores, Nicolas

Kurela, Theodore James

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Lugo-Flores, Nicolas

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DOI

10.5151/1982-9345-27498

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Abstract

Analysis of adverse technical issues has traditionally relied on a snapshot of the state of the operation complemented with both the melt shop’s archived data and eyewitness accounts of adverse events. The GrafTech ArchiTech System is helping EAF shops solve problems faster by combining continuous analysis of information with statistically based alerts of process deviations. After one year of system implementation, a number of cases have been detected and communicated to melt shops worldwide. The objective of this paper is to examine a few of these cases; the early detection, statistical analysis, deviation reporting and the resulting countermeasures implemented.

Keywords

EAF, Electrical, Data acquisition, Data trending

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