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.
Success Story
Daido Steel Co., Ltd., Japan
Chita Plant
Furnace Control System Replacement
- Reduced risk through distributed installation
- In-house engineering to ensure ability to perform maintenance and modification
- Time-efficient replacement using the five IEC61131-3 languages
- Ease of connecting with display panels and MES
Process Diagram
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
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
- Water Treatment
- Pure Water Equipment
- Oxygen Plant
- Nitrogen Plant
- Hydrogen Plant
- Air Separation Unit
- Waste Oil Disposal Plant
- Boiler Control
- Generator Control
- Energy Center
- Gas Blender
The CX Series of control and measurement stations monitor furnace temperature in tunnel kiln furnaces and the like using Faceplate and Trend screens that come as standard features.
- New maintenance and operations support function for the display of statistical information on the status of all plant devices -
- Optimizes the supply chain and operations by enabling plant personnel to work more efficiently -
- For improved agility in implementing control system projects -
- Ideal for construction of small-scale field wireless systems -