Advances in IT are enabling the benefits of automation to reach into every corner of plant operation. Tenova Pomini discusses trends in automating roll-grinding systems.

The environment is becoming more and more a key issue for the steel industry. In particular, areas where increasing variable cost of production and the cost of labour reduce the profit of the final product.

Over the years, gas-based direct reduction has evolved with larger and larger plant sizes driven by economies of scale. These DR plant units are out of the scope of possibility for the typical small to medium scale steel producers.

Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel has installed a large meltshop at their  site in Mingo Junction, Ohio (USA) replacing one blast furnace. It is equipped with the biggest Consteel® meltshop ever built.

Development of EAF melting technologies can help steelmakers reduce their impact on the environment while still reducing production cost.

Tenova is capable of designing  plant and equipment which is able to incorporate and deliver high performance with great respect for the environment: some of the most important of recent achievements are described in this paper.

During the last few years the development of stainless steel processing lines has been geared towards minimizing environmental pollution and improving final product quality and line productivity.

Tenova is one of the key players in the worldwide supply of technological solutions for the iron, steel and other materials industry.

A versatile roll inspection machine of modular construction uses a common PC platform to provide a variety of roll inspection tasks depending on the modules selected to the customer.

Last year saw particularly high levels of activity for Tenova Bulk Handling business unit, which were attributed to organic growth in its main market areas coupled with the development of new markets, particularly Australia and China.