ISSN 2594-5327
61º Congresso Anual da ABM — Vol. 61, Num. 61 (2006)
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This article aims at providing to production and maintenance departments of steel plants and to plant designers a brief overview over modern process weighing systems, used for example for liquid steel or scrap, that offer high accuracy and reliability combined withsignificantly reduced time and money effort for maintenance. Considering especially the trends of reducing maintenance staff going on in parallel with the steadily increasing requirements on productivity, improving reliability and at the same time reducing maintenance of weighing systems under the harsh environ- mental conditions of steel production has proven to contain a high economical potential. Over the last years the following features with a focus on reliability and maintenance have been developed and successfully executed in various steel plant weighing applications: design of special strain gauge based Loadcells conceived for the specific environment, the so-called Direct Weighing Technologies; definition of optimally suited installation locations for the scale mechanics, thus representing the fundamental condition for long term stable operation and reduced maintenance work; utilisation of the advanced capabilities of modern evaluation electronics and field bus communication; continuous exploitation of field experience with the various successfully installed weighing systems worldwide as technical reference for new projects. Especially the close cooperation between steel plant operators, plant designers and weighing specialists has ensured a continuous technological progress regarding those process weighing systems. In-house development, design and production of Direct Weighing Technologies enables Schenck Process to meet ever growing customer requirements, assuring to all partners involved a continuous benefit also in future.
This article aims at providing to production and maintenance departments of steel plants and to plant designers a brief overview over modern process weighing systems, used for example for liquid steel or scrap, that offer high accuracy and reliability combined withsignificantly reduced time and money effort for maintenance. Considering especially the trends of reducing maintenance staff going on in parallel with the steadily increasing requirements on productivity, improving reliability and at the same time reducing maintenance of weighing systems under the harsh environ- mental conditions of steel production has proven to contain a high economical potential. Over the last years the following features with a focus on reliability and maintenance have been developed and successfully executed in various steel plant weighing applications: design of special strain gauge based Loadcells conceived for the specific environment, the so-called Direct Weighing Technologies; definition of optimally suited installation locations for the scale mechanics, thus representing the fundamental condition for long term stable operation and reduced maintenance work; utilisation of the advanced capabilities of modern evaluation electronics and field bus communication; continuous exploitation of field experience with the various successfully installed weighing systems worldwide as technical reference for new projects. Especially the close cooperation between steel plant operators, plant designers and weighing specialists has ensured a continuous technological progress regarding those process weighing systems. In-house development, design and production of Direct Weighing Technologies enables Schenck Process to meet ever growing customer requirements, assuring to all partners involved a continuous benefit also in future.
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Weighing system; Direct Weighing Technologies; Maintenance.
Weighing system; Direct Weighing Technologies; Maintenance.
How to cite
Brauer, Martin.
MODERN WEIGHING SYSTEMS FOR STEEL PRODUCTION: HIGHLY ACCURATE AND RELIABLE 1 WITH A MAXIMUM EASE OF MAINTENANCE,
p. 3489-3496.
In: 61º Congresso Anual da ABM,
Rio de Janeiro,
2006.
ISSN: 2594-5327, DOI 10.5151/2594-5327-2005-14587-0390
