“Digital Enabled Billet Full Life Cycle Control” Leads Intelligent Steelmaking

“The Data Enabled Casting Billet Full Lifecycle Control program has brought tangible benefits to steel companies, achieving significant improvements in several aspects of production efficiency.” In terms of personnel, with the help of data-enabled and automated equipment, the number of employees required for continuous casting machines has been significantly reduced. A continuous casting machine from the original 17 people reduced to only 7 people, personnel reduction ratio of up to 58%. The centralized management of personnel not only improves the safety coefficient of the production site, but also reduces the labor intensity of operators. This not only saves labor costs for the enterprise, but also allows employees to work in a safer and more comfortable environment, which can be said to be a win-win situation.

　　Production efficiency and product quality have also realized a double improvement. In terms of production efficiency, the molten steel yield increased by 0.25%, the smelting cycle was shortened by 3 minutes, and the occurrence of billet blocking accidents was reduced, enabling the production of more billets of better quality per unit of time. In terms of product quality, the billet quality pass rate reached 99.9%, the leakage accident rate was reduced by 99.8%, and the furnace return rate was reduced by 0.2%. These data fully demonstrates the significant role of data-enabled casting billet full life cycle control in enhancing the production efficiency of enterprises. It can be said that in today's competitive market environment, production efficiency and product quality is the lifeline of the enterprise, and data empowerment undoubtedly injects strong vitality into this lifeline.