Liberty Primary Steel

Liberty Primary Steel Whyalla needed to mitigate the risk of extended production outages by upgrading the control and drive system of their straightener machine, a critical piece of equipment in structural steel production.

Rockwell Automation Global Solutions deployed Allen-Bradley PowerFlex 755 drives with Safe Torque Off and GuardLogix PAC for control and safety over Ethernet. FactoryTalk View Machine Edition provided the operator interface with improved diagnostics.

Production capacity increased by 40 percent. Improved fault-finding on the straightener machine reduced operational risk and downtime. The solution provides ongoing monitoring and diagnostics capability.

• Drive and control upgrades on single critical machines can deliver disproportionate production capacity gains • Integrated safety with Safe Torque Off removes the tradeoff between safety compliance and production availability • Modern HMI diagnostics dramatically reduce mean time to repair by surfacing actionable fault information