Marcegaglia has chosen Fives for the modernisation of its annealing and pickling line (APL) at its Gazoldo degli Ippoliti plant in Italy.
The upgrade aims to automate further the processing of both hot-rolled and cold-rolled stainless steel to handle a variety of steel grades and strip sizes efficiently.
The project will see the deployment of Virtuo-L, a digital solution developed by the Steel Digital Factory at Fives, which automatically optimises thermal process control and improves temperature transitions, while reducing fuel consumption.
The two companies have collaborated before, with Marcegaglia installing Fives’ SmartLine, an automatic control system with metallurgical models for strip processing lines of four galvanising lines, at its Ravenna carbon steel plant.
The plant is also deploying Eyeron, an intelligent quality control application, from the pickling line and cold rolling mills to the galvanising lines, with completion expected by the end of the year.
