Recently, Schneider Electric successfully held the 2023 Metallurgical Industry Customer Exchange Conference in Tianjin. It held in-depth discussions with many industry insiders from design institutes, general contractors and steel companies on the challenges and development trends faced by the metallurgical industry in the context of the “dual transformation” of digitalization and low carbonization. It also comprehensively interpreted Schneider Electric’s full-scenario solutions and application practices for the metallurgical industry, covering digital intelligent technology, automation systems, and upgrading and transformation services, to jointly promote the high-quality development and green and sustainable transformation of the industry.

China, as the world’s largest metallurgical industry country, has a steel output close to half of the world’s total, but the uneven level of intelligence and backward energy management methods also restrict the industry’s development in a high-quality and green direction. Therefore, actively promoting digital upgrading and in-depth implementation of energy-saving and carbon-reducing technology changes have become the current industry priorities.

“Trinity” creates full-scenario solutions

After years of deep cultivation in the metallurgical industry, facing the future development direction of automation, unmanned, intelligent and low-carbon in the metallurgical industry, Schneider Electric relies on the EcoStruxureTM architecture and platform to integrate cutting-edge digital intelligent technologies, advanced automation control systems, and full life cycle services to create full-scenario solutions to help metallurgical enterprises significantly improve automation control, efficient operation, safety and reliability, energy saving and carbon reduction, and escort green and intelligent transformation:

Digital intelligent technology: By accelerating the integration of IT and OT, and comprehensively innovating in three aspects: interconnected products, edge control, application, analysis and service, Schneider Electric can provide users with complete solutions covering digital material yards, intelligent logistics, integrated management and control, energy management, asset management, etc., to achieve unmanned and intelligent operations in a way that is more in line with actual scenarios, maximize the guarantee of safe operation, reduce energy consumption, and improve investment returns.

Automation system: Based on its profound experience in automation, Schneider Electric has a full range of leading products including Modicon M580 PLC control system, ATV1200C series medium voltage inverter, Yucheng series low voltage inverter, EcoStruxure Triconex safety instrument system, etc. Among them, the classic Modicon M580 is completely based on industrial Ethernet for connection and communication. It has advanced components, flexible architecture and excellent performance, which can make the production process more flexible, transparent and safe. When used in combination with the software platform, it can also integrate process management and energy management, so that users can understand energy data in real time, improve factory operation efficiency, and reduce energy consumption. In addition, the EcoStruxure Triconex safety instrument system, which complies with the IEC 61508 standard, has passed the German TÜV certification, and the ISASecure® Embedded Device Security Assurance (EDSA) Level 1 certification, can meet the metallurgical industry’s strict requirements for functional safety, information security, risk reduction and continuous operation, thereby protecting the safety of customers’ assets, personnel and environment while creating greater benefits.

Full life cycle service: Combining comprehensive industrial software, strong technical capabilities and teams, and relying on professional services such as green intelligent manufacturing consulting, energy management consulting and sustainable development consulting, Schneider Electric can integrate digital transformation and low-carbon transformation into all aspects of consulting, planning and implementation, and provide metallurgical enterprises with consulting, transformation, upgrading, commissioning, training, acceptance and other full life cycle services, while improving digitalization and sustainability capabilities.

So far, Schneider Electric’s automation systems and digital intelligent products have been successfully deployed in 511 ironmaking projects and 24 steelmaking projects of more than 155 steel companies, covering a wide range of scenarios such as raw material fields, sintering, pelletizing, coking, blast furnaces, steelmaking, and power energy, to ensure efficient, safe and green production for customers.

Practice first, achieve industry transformation demonstration

With the above advantages and all-round capabilities, Schneider Electric has helped many domestic steel companies achieve green and intelligent transformation and accumulated rich practical experience. Since 2016, Schneider Electric has been cooperating with Baosteel in all aspects, including the unmanned driving of hot rolling workshops, which has not only successfully promoted the overall digital upgrade and intelligent management innovation of the enterprise, but also provided many references for the comprehensive transformation of the steel industry. In addition, for a certain ironmaking centralized control system, Schneider Electric provided AVEVA system platform and AVEVA Intouch human-machine interface and other products to help customers effectively cope with the challenge of the centralized control system to aggregate the massive data of ironmaking, steelmaking and dynamic environmental protection, thereby realizing the centralized management and operation of 258 automation systems, more than 330,000 monitoring points, 282 on-site operation tables, and 114 operation rooms in the whole plant.

In addition, for a certain hot-rolled slab warehouse unmanned upgrade project, Schneider Electric helped customers promote the internal IoT integration of the enterprise by providing solutions such as warehouse management system, driving automation system and ground system, and realized the efficient automatic operation of driving with advanced dynamic algorithms, and ensured the safety of personnel and facilities while achieving the linkage effect of ground equipment.
Liu Changsheng, Metallurgical Industry Manager of Schneider Electric Industrial Automation, said: “In the context of dual transformation, intelligence and greening have become the only way for traditional industries such as the metallurgical industry to move towards the future. Schneider Electric will always maintain its innovative momentum and launch products and systems that are more in line with modern metallurgical usage scenarios and meet actual domestic needs. It will also further expand its cooperation with partners in the industrial chain, continue to use digitalization as a starting point and low carbonization as a goal, and help more metallurgical companies achieve dual improvements in energy efficiency and quality, and ultimately achieve a smart and green vision, and jointly promote the high-quality and sustainable development of the industry.”
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