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SERT METAL has just been awarded an order from Tata Steel Speciality Steel (Rotherham, UK) to replace obsolete electric stopper rod system on the tundishes of their 5-strands Small Bloom Caster.

Data about Rotherham existing 5-strands bloom caster:
•   Bloom caster from Danieli (Italy) 2005 – 5 strands – 2 tundish-cars
•   Sizes:    180x180 Bloom (stopper)
    210x210 Bloom (stopper)
•   Strand distance: 1,300 mm
•   Extraction speed: 0,6 to 6 m/min
•   Steel quality: carbon steel
•   Level sensor: radioactive (Co 60source)
     with Berthold LB 45 series evaluation unit
•   Central automation system: Allen Bradley Control Logix Series PLC
•   Driving system: Siemens Simovert for brushless motor
•   Electric stopper driving system control from PLC, HMI & operator pulpits

Project Purposes:
•   To replace the existing obsolete electric stopper control units
     by a more accurate system, with the goal to:
     → improve performance in operation
     → improve reliability in operation to reduce sequence stops
     → reduce maintenance costs by a much simpler and reliable design

Equipment to be supplied and commissioned:
•   DEM9M-MQS120M electric high precision stopper guides & actuators
•   Existing Siemens drive units to control SERT brushless motors

Since SERT METAL’s M-type stopper system
was launched on the market in 2003,
more than 600 units were delivered
to serve more than 100 strands over the world.

http://www.sert-metal.com/content/mom-electric-stopper-driver-guide

SERT METAL USA will be exhibiting at AISTech2012.
The Iron & Steel Technology Conference and Exposition AISTech2012 will take place in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 7-10 May 2012.
It will feature international technologies from the world over, allowing steel producers to compete in today's global market. People involved in the steel industry will discover ways to make their job easier and improve their productivity.

We look forward to your visit on SERT METAL and VESUVIUS Booth # 463.

More information: www.aist.org/aistech

SERT METAL will be exhibiting at Metalurgia 2012 International Foundry Exhibition, which will take place in Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil, September 18-21, 2012.

We look forward to your visit on SERT METAL and FOSECO Booth # 94.

More information: www.metalurgia.com.br

A SERT METAL estará expondo com a FOSECO na METALURGIA 2012.
Aguardamos sua visita no nosso estande número 94.

SERT METAL will be exhibiting at Metal China 2012 International Foundry Exhibition, which will take place in Beijing, China, next May 9-12, 2012.

We look forward to your visit on SERT METAL and FOSECO Booth # E3C.

More information: www.mm-china.com

SERT METAL will be exhibiting at IFEX 2012, the 8th International Exhibition on Foundry Technology, Equipment and Supplies, which will take place in Bangalore, India, next March 2-4, 2012.

We look forward to your visit on our Booth # B26.

More information: www.ifexindia.com

We are glad to announce that SERT METAL and AVEMIS have joined VESUVIUS Group, Ceramics Division of Cookson.

This friendly integration is made with the purpose to offer the best possible solutions in metal flow control systems to our Steel and Foundry customers all over the world.

For projects related to Steel Continuous Casting, VESUVIUS' expertise in Flow Control will combine with SERT METAL and AVEMIS specific expertise in mould level control with stopper, mould level measurement and other instrumentation around the mould area.

For projects related to Iron Pouring, FOSECO’s expertise in Foundry will combine with SERT METAL’s specific solutions for automatic mould pouring and control of the liquid iron from the melting unit to the moulding line.

Beyond the synergies of expertise and technologies, which will help opening new tracks for development and innovation, the integration will also progressively offer new opportunities for localization of assistance and services as close as possible to our customers worldwide.

Be sure that we will continue to serve you at the highest level of service you have come to expect:
SERT METAL and AVEMIS keep their own strength, know-how and values, all the while now fully integrated in the VESUVIUS Group, combining our forces and sharing common care for better casting quality, higher productivity and safe production environment.

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Tthe 18^th Steelmaking Conference of the Instituto Argentino de Siderurgia (IAS) took place in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina, on 1^st  - 3^rd November 2011.

SERT presented a paper:

“Tailoring the improvement of Automatic Mould Level Control
to the specific need of each caster: review of several returns of
experience with advanced sensing and flow control techniques”
(case studies with ArcelorMittal Fos / Tata Steel Ijmuiden / SSAB-EMEA, Lulea)

Traditionally speaking, every two years in Latin America, the Instituto Argentino de Siderurgia summons steelmakers and metallurgists involved in the process -from raw material to steelmaking- to share the presentation of new technological advances, experiences and knowledge. The ultimate purpose of this technical and scientific exchange is to contribute to the growth of the industry in terms of quality, sustainability and competitiveness, the only way to progress. To know more, you may go to: www.siderurgia.org.ar/conf11

If you are interested in a hard copy of our paper, please contact sales@sert-metal.com

MetEx India 2011 was a great success.
We wish to thank all the visitors whose presence made such a memorable event.

The 2nd International Exhibition on I&S Equipment, Technologies & Supplies MetEx India 2011 took place in Bangalore, India, September 22 to 24, 2011

SERT systems and solutions were exhibited on SERT booth No.A11

www.metex-india.com

SERT has been awarded an order from North Star Bluescope Steel (Ohio, USA) for the upgrade of Automatic Mould Level Control on a one-strand slab caster.

Caster data: semi-thin slab (100 mm thick), speed up to 5 m/mn, flow control with stopper, submerged nozzle, casting powder.

SERT will design, supply, and commission a complete AMLC loop, including eddy-current sensors (XLEV), advanced controller (UCN5000) and stopper-rod mechanisms (in-line units DEM9M-MQS120ML).

SERT presented a paper at ECCC
on Thursday morning, June 30, 2011 – Track A – Session 11

“Tailoring the improvement of Automatic Mould Level Control to the specific need of each caster: review of several returns of experience with advanced sensing and flow control techniques” (case studies with ArcelorMittal Fos / Tata Steel Ijmuiden / SSAB-EMEA, Lulea)

7th European Continuous Casting Conference
Düsseldorf, Germany - June 27 to July 1, 2011
http://www.eccc2011.com

After commissioning AMLC at SSAB Lulea (Sweden) on casters CC4 and CC5, SERT has commissioned and received the acceptance of SSAB for the strand AUTOSTART function. The function is demonstrating robustness, backed to:

• An accurate automatic stopper calibration procedure which offers the most reliable control of the mould filling during the blind phase until the steel reaches the range of measurement of the level sensor
• The efficiency of the XLEV-L eddy-current sensor (ledge type), especially strong to resist to the splash of the 1st flow to the mould

Reminder of the scope supplied by SERT to SSAB (same for the 2 casters):

• XLEV-L ledge type eddy-current sensor
• UCN5000 controller, with autostart function
• M-type (= DEM9M-MQS120ML) electric stopper valve

METEC2011 was a great success.
We wish to thank all the visitors
whose presence made it such a memorable event.
The 8th Iron&Steel Trade Fair METEC took place in Düsseldorf
between the 28^th of June and 02^nd of July 2011.
SERT products and solutions were exhibited on booth number 5E03.

We wish to thank all the visitors whose presence made it such a memorable event.

The 14th Latin-American Foundry Fair FENAF 2011 took place in Săo Paulo, Brasil, October 4 to 7, 2011. FENAF has become the major event of the Foundry segment in Latin America and this 2011 edition expected more than 600 exhibitors from Brazil and overseas and more than 36.000 visitors.

www.fenaf.com.br

SERT systems and solutions were exhibited on FOSECO booth 130/131/144/145 at FENAF2011.

              

PLASMAPOUR is an innovative technology
to adjust the molten metal temperature
just before pouring.

PLASMAPOUR is designed for late heating at the pouring point just before metal flows in the mould.
The main benefits are:
•Targets and reduces your temperature range for yield and quality improvement.
•Compensates thermal losses in the pouring vessel with unprecedented performances
both in terms of temperature consistency and in terms of energy efficiency.

With PLASMAPOUR, the foundry man dream comes true:
it is now possible to manage pouring temperature with
a consistency never reached before.

PLASMAPOUR has been successfully applied in two foundries
which have volunteered to share their experience:
• PLASMAPOUR on a 6 tons pressurized pouring furnace (ductile iron)
• PLASMAPOUR on a 3 tons bottom-pouring ladle (grey iron).

Like them, enter a new world in metal temperature control in foundry.

GIFA2011 was a great success.
We wish to thank all the visitors
whose presence made it such a memorable event.
The 12th International Foundry Trade Fair GIFA took place in Düsseldorf
between the 28^th of June and 02^nd of July 2011.
SERT products and solutions were exhibited on booth number 10H29.