Innovation
Tenova iMeltShop is a process guide, designed to coordinate the complete production line and to support in its choices who has to manage the production.
The innovative idea of the iMeltShop system is to focus the attention on the type of steel to be produced and, as a result, to harmonize production processes of each individual station involved.
The system stars from the definition of the melting order (quality and quantity) and guides the production to the casting phases of the liquid steel.
The concept of "process route”, that is the integrated control of the entire production process, is the heart of this approach.
iMeltShop controls and regulates all plants involved in the transformation process, to manage them in a coordinated manner and thus achieve maximum efficiency, depending on the assigned strategy.
It improves the consistency and repeatability of the production quality and increases the energy efficiency of the steel plant as a whole.
It allows to improve the estimation and prediction of maintenance, with optimization of time and energy spent for stopping and restarting the plants.
Tenova iMeltShop gives the opportunity to take advantage of different opportunities for the production flexibility of the plant.
The system is an excellent guide for continuous development and performance optimization