Project Summary Sheet

Project Objective:  LMF Data Collection

Project Summary:

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The Ladle Metallurgy Facility (LMF) establishes final heat chemistries and adjusts the steel ladle temperature for downstream casting.  An accurate accounting of electric arcing, argon usage and alloy additions is desired to aid in troubleshooting production problems and to satisfy legal requirements for historical production records.

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A Level 2 VAX screen provides the primary operator interface and displays processing events in real-time; the operator has the ability to manually enter some events and to correct automatic data, if required (manual adjustments are recorded)

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Automatic events are picked up from Level 1 Allen-Bradley PLC’s and directly from various field devices
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Tracking of time on each porous plug and total argon used; tracking of arc tap settings, arc times and power used; tracking of material additions used, by type and quantity

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Integration with chem-lab to pick up and display actual heat chemistries; integrated with downstream caster to display requested caster temperature and ship time

Economic Summary:

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Reduced facility manpower through automatic record keeping
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Improved product quality through more consistent heat processing
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Hardcopy report satisfies official Heat Log requirements
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Electronic records aid in problem analysis and engineering studies to improve heating practices

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