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Completely Integrated Solutions leverage hidden potential to create greater profitability and productivity. From a single source. At all levels. Across the entire operation – and throughout the entire life cycle. This is how SIMINE CIS becomes your tool for making your business even more competitive. In every way.
Ironmaking
For the first time ever, hot-rolled coils can now be commercially produced in a thin-slab casting/rolling plant directly from liquid steel in a continuous and uninterrupted manufacturing process.
Steelmaking
As the only global full-line provider and inventor of the LD process, we possess unique expertise. Backed by this extensive experience, we completely focus on process optimization – starting with individual converter designs, including tried and tested lance technologies as well as sophisticated automation packages and sustainable solutions for offgas utilization. In everything we do, we have one goal in mind: To increase the performance of your plant.
Continuous Casting
The economy is rapidly changing each day and becoming increasingly difficult to anticipate. Keeping up with these demands requires optimized, flexible solutions for your plant. By working in close collaboration with our customers, that‘s exactly what we at Siemens VAI deliver.
Integrated Plants
Siemens VAI stands ready to support you with extraordinary technological expertise in MiniMills, based on over 200 years of accumulated experience. Our customers can rely on industry-leading products spanning the entire range of partial processes. Performance-critical components are manufactured at our workshops inhouse. And a complete range of available services is your assurance of competitive performance throughout the entire life-cycle of your plant.
Hot Rolling
As a globally active full-line supplier, our expertise is unique in the steel production industry. We focus on process optimization for hot strip mills – starting with individual plant and logistics design and including innovative rolling technologies both for new mills and modernizations. In everything we do, we have one goal in mind: to increase the performance of your plant.
Cold Rolling
As a globally active full-liner, we possess expertise that is unique in the entire steel production industry. Backed by this extensive experience, we completely focus on process optimization for cold-rolling mills – starting with individual plant and logistics design, and including proven rolling technologies as well as sophisticated automation packages. And in everything we do, we have one goal in mind: To increase the performance of your plant.
Strip Processing
As a globally active full-liner, we provide you with expertise that is unique in the steel production industry. Backed by our extensive experience, our product solutions ensure that every aspect of your production process is optimized. Not only do we provide cutting-edge technology, we also offer top-notch service. In everything we do, our goal is to improve your plant’s performance.
Strip Finishing
Tube and Pipe Mills
As a full-line supplier active worldwide, we gather unique expertise in the entire production chain of metals. Backed by our extensive experience, our production lines feature solutions focused on process optimization. In everything we do, we have one goal in mind: to increase the performance of your plant.
Aluminum Rolling
As a globally active full liner, we possess expertise that is unique in the aluminium production industry. Our experience ranges from hot rolling to the finished product. This allows us to meet the demands both upstream and downstream – and to build the mill that fits perfectly your requirements.
Continuous Mining
SIMINECIS CONT combines our solutions for the individual process steps in continuous opencast mining into an overall system offering maximum availability. Our recipe for success is to bring together leading electro technical products with process technology expertise linked via perfectly matched interfaces, thereby providing the basis for excavating more material with less wear and tear on machinery and thus optimizing operating costs
Water Solutions
From the treatment technology to process automation and controls, Siemens provides turnkey water solutions for your mine. Engineering, commissioning and performance-based contracts are a few of the value-added services we provide. A single-source provider assists in the coordination effort and accelerates the time line from projects creation through to start-up.
Power Solutions
Optimized power supply and quality are the keys to safety and stability. Secure power supply is one of the prerequisites for successful plant operation. Our solutions are designed to meet the requirements of the industry and the high demands with respect to operator safety and operational reliability.
Turnkey packages
Siemens offers you a range of different turnkey levels to suit your needs, from turnkey implementation of the electrical section to complete delivery of machines, vehicles and systems - including life-cycle management and equipment for the secondary processes.
Production Management
Production Management makes the entire mining process transparent from excavation to ore processing. At the same time, it facilitates vertical information flow from production control level to the ERP system. Network solutions from Siemens provide both the infrastructure for exchanging data in the field and high-performance data highways for linking the areas together.
Security Systems
Security Systems provided by Siemens take plant security as well as data security into account. Thus, providing a complete security system for your employees, equipment and information.
Service and Maintenance
The maintenance of your plant is a substantial cost factor. But even though it accounts for up to 40% of ongoing operating costs, it is the only alternative to unplanned downtime. That makes it even more crucial to optimize maintenance processes – for the performance of your equipment and your mine.
Excavater Stacker Reclaimer
Discontinuous Mining
SIMINECIS DICONT optimizes the individual process steps in discontinuous mining and the entire process chain. Modules of this overall solution are proven solutions with innovative features for draglines, shovels, trucks and conveyor belts. Individualized matching of these modules to one another produces synergies for more performance, security and availability of all equipment.
Minewinder
The performance of underground mines depends critically on the capability of the hoisting equipment. The aim is to increase this capability without endangering the safety of persons during the transport in the shaft.
Benefication Plant
Being competitive in this case means increasing output while at the same time reducing wear and tear and costs for service and repairs. Solutions from Siemens allow you to meet all these requirements.
Pellet Plant
Sinter Plant
Coking Plant
coupled pickling lines and tandem cold mills
cold mill complexes
Mechatronic packages
PLANICIM Shapemeter Roll
Fara Oiler Systems
Blast Furnace
Corex
Finex
Midrex
LD (BOF) Steelmaking
Stainless Steelplant
EAF Steelmaking
Secondary Metallurgy
Dedusting
Energy Management
Utility Systems
Slab Caster
Thin Slab Caster
Bloom Caster
Billet Caster
Beam Blank Caster
Strip Casting
Stainless Steel Casting
Innovations and developments
Mini Mills for Long Products
Manufacturing Execution System
Integrated Mills
Integrated Compact Mills
Mini Mills for Flat Products
Hot Strip Mill
Compact Hot Strip Mill
Arvedi ESP Plant
The world’s first endless strip production plant is now under construction in Cremona, Italy. This trailblazing technology offers the promise of revolutionizing flat-steel production in the same way that LD converter steelmaking technology and continuous casting changed the face of the steelmaking industry in the previous century .
Steckel Mill
Plate Mill
Plate Steckel Mill
Hot Rolling Automation
Surface Inspection &Vision
Long Rolling Mill
Tandem Cold Mills
Reversing Cold Mills
Skin Pass Mills
Cold Mill Stainless
Cold Rolling Automation
Picking Lines
Annealing Lines
Metallic Coating Lines
Organic Coating Lines
Strip Processing Automation
Tube &Pipe Mills
Strip Preparation
Strip Accumulator
Forming
Welding
Sizing
Cutting Device
Finishing
Engineering
Hot Mills Alu
Cold Mills Alu
Foil Mills Alu
Aluminum Rolling Automation
Metallurgical Services
Technology, mechanical engineering, automation and electrical engineering from a single source – fast and competent services for all operational tasks
Operational Support
Modernization and Optimization
Metals and Mining Service &Support Center
Energy
Environment
Water
Continuous Casting Automation
Ironmaking Automation
Steelmaking Automation
Hot Rolling Automation
Cold Rolling Automation
Processing Line Automation
Aluminium Rolling Automation
Power / Power Supply
Manufactoring Execution System
MES gives you the transparency of your entire business process from the enterprise level down to the current shop floor situation.
Production Management / Production Control
Material and Quality Management
Information Management / Process Analysis
Production Planning
Quality Management
Logistics and Warehouse Management
Energy Management Portal
Laboratory Management
Balance of Plant
Civil Works
Steel Structure
Cranes, Elevators and Vehicles
Building Services
Erection Engineering and Site Management
Utility Systems
Water Management
Piping Standardization
Special Topics
Cost-Saving Solutions
Blast Furnace
We fully understand the requirements of your Blast Furnace!
Engineering and Design Excellence
With over 185 plants supplied worldwide to date, we have the background and experience to meet your specific needs. Siemens VAI offers a complete portfolio of blast furnace technology, meeting the highest demands of plant performance, operational reliability, and environmental compatibility. Our solutions extend from new turnkey installations to plant upgrades, and include all mechanical equipment, electric and automation systems, media supply and auxiliary facilities – for small to ultra-large blast furnaces with hearth diameters exceeding even 15 meters! This single-source capability, in combination with expert project management and dedication to quality workmanship, is the basis for fast project completion and production ramp-up to design capacity. Operator safety is enhanced with a flat, virtually obstacle-free casthouse floor and by sensitive emission-control systems.
SIMETALCIS Gimbal Top®
Flexible burden distribution control is seen as
one of the key tools in the iron making process,
providing the operator with the means to control,
influence and improve furnace operation.
The SIMETALCIS Gimbal Top®
SGT3000 & SGT600 product range is the solution to
suit customer’s operation and budget as it is
designed to provide highly competitive, elegant,
simple and robust solutions proven on high
temperature and pressure applications which offer
advantages over other market alternatives.
The Gimbal Top® is suitable for both,
new and existing furnaces with either bell or non
bell charging solutions and is sized for small,
medium or large volume blast furnaces including
parallel feed and central feed patterns.
The Siemens VAI Gimbal Top® is an automated,
computer-controlled pressurized charging system
which provides customers the opportunity to generate
any burden profile by directing the charge to any
point on the furnace stock line.
Hot Blast Stoves
Complete hot blast stove systems, featuring
state-of-the-art design of stoves, refractories and
water-cooled valves, are supplied by Siemens VAI.
Both, internal and external combustion-chamber-stoves
are offered. They feature a high-efficiency ceramic
burner, ensuring low CO, SO2 and NOX
emissions. A fuel-saving waste-heat recovery system
can be provided. The optimum configuration will be
installed to ensure a reliable supply of hot blast
to the blast furnaces.
Unparalleled experience in the design and supply of
all blast furnace related equipment and technology
provides Siemens VAI with a unique capability to
rebuild stoves of any type and from any supplier.
Furnace Refractories and Furnace Cooling
The choice of the right refractories and cooling
systems at each zone of the blast furnace is
critical for successful, economic and, above all,
safe ironmaking operations. Siemens VAI refractory
designs have been developed over a century and are
well proven with respect to their long productivity
campaigns.
Together with the refractory lining, the blast
furnace cooling system is critical for ensuring an
ultra-long campaign life. Siemens VAI furnace
cooling circuits feature advanced control systems,
accurate leak detection and emergency back-up
systems.
Stockhouse and Charging Equipment
With the use of accurate weighing systems and the ability to provide exact size fractions to the charging system, an ideal blast furnace burden can be produced. Stockhouses for ferrous, carbonaceous and additive feeds are designed to be fully flexible and are built with the lowest possible investment costs. Compact stockhouses, featuring rotary bin feed conveyors, are specifically designed to fit into existing facilities. All equipment, particularly chutes and screens, are built for low wear and low maintenance. Environmental control systems are a standard feature.
Casthouse and Blast Furnace Equipment
As proven at numerous operating blast furnace
plants around the world, Siemens VAI blast furnace
equipment has a reputation for reliability,
durability, and high performance as is supplied to
suit the arduous conditions of the blast furnace
environment.
Siemens VAI Casthouse equipment portfolio includes:
hydraulic clay guns, hydraulic or hydro-pneumatic
taphole drills, trough-cover manipulators, tilting
runners for iron and slag, bar changers and jack dam
drills. High performance blast furnace equipment
such as: tuyere stocks, bleeder valves,
equalizing/relief valves, above-burden temperature
probes, sub-burden gas probes, mechanical stockline
recorders, moveable and fixed throat armor,
stockline ignition lances and profilemeter are also
part of Siemens VAI scope.
Gas-cleaning plants
When considering their gas-cleaning requirements,
customers must select blast furnace equipment which
ideally utilizes raw materials, maximizes the
gas-energy recovery, and meets all environmental
regulations. Siemens VAI has a long and successful
history in supplying environmental plants of all
types. These include water treatment, dust
recycling, energy recovery and clean-gas
distribution systems. Projects undertaken range from
the supply of new gas-cleaning plants, which
maximize the collection of dry dust, to the
replacement and upgrading of existing equipment to
state-of-the-art solutions.
Slag Granulation
The Siemens VAI Slag Granulation System has
evolved over the years to a state-of-the-art
technology. Characterized by a high utilization rate
and environmentally friendly production, a
cement-quality product can be generated from blast
furnace waste.
Slag granulation systems are now available in two
options: Mechanical type with screw filter and
pumping type. Both are carefully engineered and
fully optimized according to the requirements of the
customer.
Coal Injection
In order to reduce the blast furnace coke rate
and to improve furnace operations, complete and well
proven coal-injection systems are provided for new
and existing blast furnaces. This energy-saving
solution is supported by a complete
technology/technical support package.
The equipment supplied by Siemens VAI features an
availability in excess of 98% and accurate
coal-injection rates to within 2%.
Reline, Rebuilds and Modernization Solutions
Siemens VAI is well known for its ability to
perform blast furnace rebuilds, relines and
modernizations within extremely tight timeframes.
Modular blast furnace construction concepts have
been perfected to minimize project duration and
plant downtime for both furnace rebuilds and
relines. Existing Siemens VAI furnaces can be
demolished, and new furnaces manufactured,
delivered, built and commissioned in less than
twelve months.
Automation & Control
In addition to engineering and technological
expertise, Siemens VAI provides a complete range of
automation solutions, from process automation up to
sophisticated optimization packages and expert
systems. To ensure high-performance blast furnace
operation at low cost, a closed-loop optimization
system known as SIMETALCIS BF VAiron was developed
by the automation division of Siemens VAI.
Further Information
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