#steel plant

[pasparal]

San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina Taken on August 31, 2016 Photographer: Dimitris Tamvakos Source: Flickr

#Dimitris Tamvakos #Powershot A710is #Argentina #2016 #Rio Paraná #San Nicolás de los Arroyos #steel plant #planta siderúrgica #barge #gabarra #industry #industria

[ray-saint]

Ukrainian defender at Azovstahl.

#ukraine #mariupol #azov #azovstal #azovstahl #steel balls #russo-ukrainian war #steelworks #steel plant #life #light #warriors of light

[romeorucha]

#steel plant #industry #industrial #steel #pipes #post apocalyptic

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

"12,500 STEEL WORKERS OUT AT THREE PLANTS; WAR OUTPUT SUFFERS," Toronto Star. January 14, 1943. Page 1. ---- Loss Set at 170,200 Tons Monthly, Two-Thirds of Nation's Production ---- ASK WAGE BOOST ---- Three of Canada's basic steel producing plants today are tied up by strikes. A total of 12,500 men have quit work at Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.; Sydney and Trenton, N.S., to enforce demands for wage increases.

Five thousand workers at Sydney, N.S. - on strike for the third day - were joined early today by 4,000 at Sault Ste. Marie and 3,500 at Trenton.

Strikes at Sydney and Sault Ste. Marie tied up two of the dominion's three basic steel producing plants. It was estimated by government figures the loss in production at the two plants would amount to; 170,212 tons a month, or two-thirds of the country's basic steel output.

Workers at the Steel Company of Canada at Hamilton have decided to defer strike action until the company management has been approached regarding negotiations with the United Steelworkers of America (C.I.O.).

Picket Lines Set Up The strike at the Sault began officially at 7 a.m. when members of the day shift didn't report. Picket lines were set up.

The strikers were not joined by 500 transportation department employees and machinists, members of American Federation of Labor unions. These entered the plant to work today and were not interfered with by pickets. An additional 500 men engaged on construction work were not direly affected by the strike, it was reported.

It was announced that 300 men had been left in the plant to do maintenance work. No effort was made to stop those who wished to continue their regular work in the plant, but as buses neared the picket lines, a union representative boarded each and read the following statement: "This bus after its next stop will go through a picket line - any working man going through that line to work is undermining the fight of his fellow-workers for decent living standards. Let your conscience be your guide."

#sault ste. marie #sydney nova scotia #trenton #strike #picket line #picketing #steel workers #steel plant #steel industry #algoma steel #dominion steel #united steel workers of america #central industrial organization #hamilton #wage demands #wage increase #wage freeze #price controls #canada during world war 2 #working class struggle

[faradaysketches]

Völklinger Hütte, Saarland. October 2022

I was sat under this massive construction with water dripping and wearing a hard hat.

#völklinger hütte #steve faraday #urban sketch #ink drawing #illustration #on location #fineliner #usk #urbansketchers #ink sketch #industry #steel plant

[the-nomadicone]

Mariupol Offensive // Donetsk People’s Republic

#2022 Russo-Ukrainian War #russo-ukrainian crisis #russo-ukrainian war #russian invasion of ukraine #invasion of ukraine #invasion #Russian Forces #Naval Infantry #Marines #Azovstal #Mariupol #Mariupol Offensive #Siege of Mariupol #steel plant #BTR-82 #BTR #IFV #Infantry Fighting Vehicle #milblr #military #armed forces #ukraine #Donetsk Oblast #Donetsk #donetsk people's republic #AK-12 #Kalashnikov #rifle #carbine #gunblr

[transmissionsfromthebattlefield]

Zero plus two equals one...

In Bethlehem, PA on Friday.

#me #photos #selfshot #impromptu photoshoot #NoMeansNo lyrics #0+2=1 #Bethlehem PA #SteelStacks #steel plant #blonde #natural smile #vicious side bang #girls and rusted industrial buildings

[cimcondigital]

Prognostic Solutions in Steel Plant and Tube Mill Industry

The global steel market reached a value of US$ 874.6 Billion in 2021. Looking forward, IMARC Group expects the market to reach a value of US$ 1,052.25 Billion by 2027, exhibiting a growth rate (CAGR) of 3.02% during 2022-2027. Significant growth in the automotive industry across the globe and Increasing oil & gas production owing to the transportation industry’s demand is creating a positive outlook for the market. But with growth comes a lot of challenges in the steel manufacturing process. Companies in the industry face major challenges with rapid digitalisation and unlocking potential in data, shifts in consumer demands, and the attraction of top talents.

To address these challenges and improve profitability, the largest integrated producer of engineering steels and specialized seamless tubes in the Asia Pacific region has the foresight to expand its market in the coming years. In recent years, the leadership team has placed a greater emphasis on better asset utilization and process optimization.

Steel Plant & Tube Mill Challenges:

Failure of Assets Complex procedures and important resources are used to produce steel tubes. Production and product quality are both impacted by the unforeseen failure of assets. It is not practical to inspect equipment frequently due to the harsh steel mill environment and the risks that inspection of rotating equipment poses to operator safety.

Mills in poor condition A poorly maintained mill costs valuable time and scrap during setup and operation. The mill must be dependable so that the operator is not chasing mechanical problems during normal operation and setup. A good maintenance program, as well as rebuilds or upgrades when necessary, is essential.

Tube mill misalignment, poor mill condition, and inaccurate setup account for 95% of all problems in tube production. Most mills should be aligned at least once a year.

Low investment in technology One of the major problems which these industries face is the lack of incorporation of advanced technologies in Research and Development work in production. The same is the case for other sectors of the industry and has been the case for decades. One of the outcomes has been the relative unattractiveness of the sector vis-a-vis others among young engineers. With little research being done by the government or the private sector, Industries lack effective implementation of Industry 4.0 and technologies that can reduce risks and helps to cut overall production cost. 

Process monitoring Steel mills’ inspection and monitoring process usually follow specific procedures, requiring that workers operate in a typical analog way. Since it is a critical environment, stopping production to execute corrective actions is unfeasible, and the current method for monitoring these problems is not able to predict failures in the same way as intelligent predictive models do, thus demonstrating an inevitable gap to errors.

Lack of Talent and Training Even though the operators are skilled and trained to operate in tube mills, there are still some challenges and issues that they need to face every day. Tube mill owners should arrange training sessions on how to troubleshoot the problem and figure out what was causing the problem. If these problems are not addressed properly, aluminium fabrication, steel fabrication, or stainless-steel fabrication processes won’t have precise tubes and pipes to work with.

Maintenance Besides the difficulty in performing the inspection itself because of the hostile environment of steel industries, the maintenance of the encountered problems is also difficult.

The corrosion of equipment and structures is also a common problem in these industries and the maintenance of these components is very complicated because of the hostile environment, as mentioned before. Besides, the diversity of complex processes in this industry also makes it difficult to understand the extracted data in the operation, and the improper management of this information in diffuse systems compromises the maintenance of the structures.

Because of this lack of precise management tools, failure prediction in the operation is not usually achievable, leading to unplanned shutdowns and the extensive use of corrective maintenance methods.

Our Solution: 

With the advent of Industry 4.0, predictive maintenance has gained huge popularity in maintaining machine health. Predictive maintenance is aimed at reducing costly and unplanned downtimes and offers organizations to plan maintenance schedules in advance for increased efficiency. According to McKinsey, predictive maintenance typically reduces machine downtime by 30% to 50% and increases machine life by 20% to 40%.

CIMCON Digital’s VIBit is an intelligent, powerful, and compact sensor that monitors the conditions of machines or equipment and predicts their failures in advance using the latest AI/ML Technologies to avoid unplanned downtime saving time and money for the owners.

We set up VIBit, a platform for detecting and diagnosing machine anomalies so that we could track the real-time performance of crucial machinery and processes throughout the year. VIBit Tri-axial vibration, Temp, and audio sensors installed on rotary equipment transmit machine health data over Plant’s Wi-Fi. AI/ML algorithms on the edge platform provide early machine anomaly detection along with diagnostics and recommendations for corrective and preventive action.

It can be used in Steel Tube Plant Asset and Fault Diagnostics to identify faults like bearing failure, misalignment, and electrical faults in types of equipment like De-scalar: motor/pump, Fume extraction system: motor/pump, etc.

Benefits of setting up a VIBit:

Real-time monitoring of critical equipment’s health on a single dashboard.

Prioritize and plan maintenance action before catastrophic failure.

Reduce the risk of operator safety with remote monitoring.

Reduce planned downtime and eliminate unplanned downtime. 

Reduce process and quality-related issues.

Increase equipment efficiency and reduce carbon emissions.

In conclusion, the steel and metal industries are undergoing significant changes and it is important for manufacturers to adopt technologies that can assist in reducing manual labour, leveraging data, and improving asset health. By embracing the latest technological advances, steel and metal manufacturers can use predictive analytics to anticipate failures and proactively take action to reduce unplanned downtime and improve plant efficiency.

#Steel Industry #steel plant #Prognostic Solutions #tube mill industry

[samvadprakriya]

आरआईएनएल-विशाखापत्तनम इस्पात संयंत्र में गांधी जयंती मनाई गई

आरआईएनएल-विशाखापत्तनम इस्पात संयंत्र में गांधी जयंती मनाई गई

अध्यक्ष एवं प्रबंध निदेशक श्री अतुल भट्ट ने महीने भर चलने वाले स्वच्छता 2.0 विशेष अभियान का शुभारंभ किया राष्ट्रीय इस्पात निगम लिमिटेड (आरआईएनएल) के विशाखापत्तनम इस्पात संयंत्र की कॉर्पोरेट इकाई आज उक्कुनगरम में महात्मा गांधी जयंती के आयोजन में राष्ट्र के साथ सम्मिलित हुई। आरआईएनएल के अध्यक्ष एवं प्रबंध निदेशक श्री अतुल भट्ट ने विशाखापत्तनम इस्पात संयंत्र की  उक्कुनगरम टाउनशिप के सेक्टर-8 में…

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#Gandhi Jayanti #RINL-Visakhapatnam #Steel Plant

[paulborst]

Reporters Aleszu Bajak and Marisa Kwiatkowski have more on their investigation. Plus, more Ukrainian fighters leave the Mariupol steel plant where they were holed up, education reporter Alia Wong looks at critical race theory in the wake of the Buffalo shooting, a recount may be on the way in Pennsylvania's GOP Senate primary race and the PGA Championship is here.

#Ukrainian fighters #steel plant

[teddyworrell]

A contingent of Ukrainian fighters who doggedly defended a steel mill in Mariupol for weeks "fulfilled its combat mission," Ukrainian officials said, and efforts were underway Tuesday to evacuate the last of the group.

#steel plant #Ukrainian fighters

[alphabetsoup-blogposts]

What a tragedy.  We’re all wishing we could do something.  I suppose Musk has more superpowers than most but...oh dear.

#Steel #Steel Plant #Steel workers #news #Azovstal Iron & Steel #Dutch holding company #Air strikes #Airplane payload #AIS works #Azovstal #Azov #Metinvest #military items #maritime #Victory Day #V #Ukraine #Metallurgical Combine Azovstal #Metals #Metalworks #MCA #heavy freight #shipping #cargo shipping #MCA plant

[romeorucha]

#steel plant #industry #industrial #steel #pipes

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

“Enlargement of Plant To Give Work to 200,” Kingston Whig-Standard. April 8, 1932. Page 1. --- HAMILTON, April 8 — Enlargement of the plate mill of the Dominion Foundries and Steel Company plant here will afford employment for some 200 according to officials of the company. Plans to manufacture 72 to 78-inch steel plates in future, a type which is not made in Canada at present, necessitated the enlargement, officials said.

#hamilton #plate mill #steel plate #dominion foundries #steel company #steel plant #factory construction #capitalism in canada #steel workers #great depression in canada

[faradaysketches]

Völklinger Hütte, Saarland. October 2022

#völklinger hütte #steve faraday #urban sketch #ink drawing #illustration #on location #fineliner #usk #urbansketchers #ink sketch #industrial #saarland #steel plant

[walterrobles]

Many badly wounded fighters are among the 1,000 Ukrainian troops still holed up at the sprawling Azovstal steel plant, the last major holdout in the port city of Mariupol, Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said Tuesday.

#steel plant #Ukrainian troops