Liberty Primary Steel Increases Structural Steel Production Capacity by 40% with Drive and Control Upgrade
Liberty Primary Steel deployed IoT & Sensors for Process Optimization in Metals & Mining. As reported by rockwellautomation.com: 40% production capacity increase.
Source-reported figures — cited source: rockwellautomation.com
What Liberty Primary Steel was trying to fix
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.
What Liberty Primary Steel deployed
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.
Results
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.
Key Takeaways
• 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
Evidence for Liberty Primary Steel's Process Optimization deployment
- Reported outcome metrics
- 1 cited below
- Cited source
- rockwellautomation.com
- Last updated
Vendor
Details
- Industry
- Metals & Mining
- Use Case
- Process Optimization
- AI Technology
- IoT & Sensors
- Company Size
- Enterprise
- Company
- Liberty Primary Steel
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