Iron & Steel

In the iron and steel industry, it is crucial to improve the quality of not only products but also manufacturing and operation technologies, as well as to address environmental and energy-efficiency issues. Yokogawa helps customers to create the ideal plant and evolves with them for mutual growth.

Process Diagram: How Iron and Steel Work

Iron Making Applications

Yokogawa helps leading-edge Iron and Steel plants through automation solutions that enable plant-wide integration and lifecycle optimization. Here is a quick list of Iron Making units and applications for which Yokogawa has a global network of experts at your service, providing comprehensive automation solutions.

Raw Material

Raw Material Weighing
Rotary Kiln
Raw Material Mixing
Raw Material Distribution
Raw Material Analysis
Raw Material Yard
Yard Operation Planning
Lime Kiln

Sintering

Sinter Plant
Waste Heat Recovery Boiler
Waste Water Treatment
Denitrate Plant
Granulation Plant

Pellet

Pelletizing Plant
Formed Coal Plant
Pulverized Coal Moisture Control
Granulation Dephosphorization Plant

Coke

Coke Oven
Coal Selection and Transportation
Coke Dry Quenching Plant

By-product

Waste Acid Recovery
Naphthalene Distillation
Gas Cooling
Light Oil Equipment
Gas Distribution
Ammonium Sulfate Recovery
Ammonia Water Deoxidation
NCL Recovery
Coke Oven Gas Desulphurization
Tar Distillation
Denitrate Plant
Sludge Treatment

Blast Furnace

Blast Furnace Proper Instrumentation
Hot Stove
Wet-and-Dry Type Dust Collection
Top Pressure Recovery Turbine
Melted Iron Weighing
Dephosphorization
Tuyere Cooling Water Monitoring
Blower
Pulverized Coal Injection

Direct Reduction

Midrex Plant
Direct Iron Ore Smelting Reduction Process

Steel Making Applications

Yokogawa helps leading-edge Iron and Steel plants through automation solutions that enable plant-wide integration and lifecycle optimization. Here is a quick list of Steel Making units and applications for which Yokogawa has a global network of experts at your service, providing comprehensive automation solutions.

Hot Metal Post-Treatment

Converter

Cenverter Instrumentation
Slag Flowing-Out Detection
Gas Recovery
Fusion Reduction Furnace
Tuyere Exhaust Diagnosis

Electric Arc Furnace

Continuous Casting

Secondary Cooling Water Flow Control
Tundish Pre-Heating
Mold Level Control
Width Variable Control
Auto Start Stop
Break Out Prediction

Degassing

Dortmunt-Horde Degassing
Ruhrstahl Heraus Degassing
Argon Oxygen Decarburization
Vacuum Oxygen Decarburizing

Others

Melted Steel Treatment

Rolling Mill Applications

Yokogawa helps leading-edge Iron and Steel plants through automation solutions that enable plant-wide integration and lifecycle optimization. Here is a quick list of Rolling Mill units and applications for which Yokogawa has a global network of experts at your service, providing comprehensive automation solutions.

Soaking Pit/Furnace

Heating Furnace
Steel Plate Heating Furnace
Wire Rods Heating Furnace
Molded Steel Heating Furnace
Heavy Plate Heating Furnace
Extra Heavy Plate Heating Furnace
Bar Steel Heating Furnace
Lap Weld Pipe Heating Furnace
Edge Heating Furnace
Slab Heating Furnace
Bloom Heating Furnace
Billet Heating Furnace

Blooming

Skid Cooling
Blooming Heating Furnace

Rolling

Large Mill Instrumentation
Heavy Plate Acceleration Cooling
Air Compressor Control
Data Monitoring Apparatus
Slab Management

Structural Mill, Bar Steel, Wire Rods

Wire Rods Heating
Wire Rods Cooling
Wire Rods Mist Cooling
Wire Rods Pickling
Coil Tracking

Steel Tube/Pipe

Transportation Control

Annealing

Continuous Annealing furnace
Batch Annealing Furnace
Wire Rods Continuous Annealing Furnace
Bar Steel Continuous Annealing Furnace
Bright Annealing Furnace
Aluminium Continuous Annealing Furnace
Stainless Steel Continuous Annealing Furnace
Electrical Steel Plate Annealing Furnace
Large Size Pipe Annealing Furnace

Others

Various Heat Treatment

Oil Cellar

Tandem Cold-Rolling Mill

Surface Finishing Applications

Yokogawa helps leading-edge Iron and Steel plants through automation solutions that enable plant-wide integration and lifecycle optimization. Here is a quick list of Surface Finishing units and applications for which Yokogawa has a global network of experts at your service, providing comprehensive automation solutions.

Surface Finishing

Pickling Line
Tinning
Continuance Galvanizing
Electric Galvanizing
Coating
Laminating

Others

Acid Recovery

Utility Applications of Iron and Steel

Yokogawa helps leading-edge Iron and Steel plants through automation solutions that enable plant-wide integration and lifecycle optimization. Here is a quick list of Utility units and applications for which Yokogawa has a global network of experts at your service, providing comprehensive automation solutions.

Utility