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Severstal becomes the first company in Russia to produce cold-formed piling

Severstal was the first in Russia to produce a new sheet piling solution for hydraulic structures, transport and civil engineering - cold-formed sheet piling. The product is marketed under the Grani brand. One of the main advantages of the new type of sheet piling is lower metal intensity compared to alternative solutions due to constant profile thickness and increased width, which allows to reduce the weight of supplied structures by up to 30%. The piles are manufactured by cold forming (cold ...
10 September 2024., 08:59   comment

MMK uses artificial intelligence to monitor blast furnace operations

Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) has begun operating a machine learning–based digital system that helps workers control the oxygen levels supplied to its blast furnaces. The system recommends the optimal oxygen levels for the hot blast air in order to improve blast furnace efficiency during the production of cast iron. Until recently, the blast furnace operator made decisions based solely on readings of discrete data. In a dynamic environment, however, those readings may not always be ...
10 September 2024., 08:52   comment