Continuous Casting Automation

CCM Control Architecture

The architecture is built around casting sequences, equipment modes, permissives, process interlocks, field interfaces, operator workflow and maintainability.

PLC & Remote I/O

PLC and distributed I/O are organized by machine/process area with clear diagnostics, communication status and service access.

Drive Systems

Withdrawal, straightening, oscillation, cutting and auxiliary drives are integrated according to the machine design and confirmed process requirement.

Mould Oscillation

Electrical or electrohydraulic oscillation interfaces can include setpoints, position/feedback, permissives, monitoring and operating recipes.

Mould Level Control

Measurement and control interfaces are engineered for the selected mould-level technology, actuator arrangement and operating sequence.

Primary Water

Pump, valve and instrumentation sequences support the confirmed primary-cooling process, with operating modes, alarms and interlocks.

Secondary Cooling

Secondary-water automation can coordinate zone setpoints, valves, flow/pressure feedback, casting conditions and alarms according to the process design.

Billet Length Measurement

Measurement logic uses the selected sensor or encoder feedback, tracking rules and operator parameters to support the cutting sequence.

Shearing / Gas Cutting

Cut commands, hydraulic or pneumatic interfaces, torch/shear sequences, permissives and diagnostics are integrated with billet tracking and operator control.

Electromagnetic Stirring

EMS power/control interfaces, cooling or readiness signals, recipes and HMI diagnostics are coordinated with caster operation.

HMI & SCADA

• Caster overview and equipment detail
• Interlock and permissive diagnostics
• Alarms and event history
• Process trends
• Recipes and controlled parameters

Production Reporting

Cast, billet and equipment data can be logged and organized into reports based on the signals and identifiers available from the plant.

Alarms & Trends

Alarm priorities, timestamps and process trends are designed to help operators and maintenance teams investigate actual sequence and process behaviour.

Retrofit of Existing CCMs

Legacy PLC, remote I/O, drives, HMI and SCADA systems can be modernized through an existing-system audit, I/O/logic review, FAT and controlled shutdown.

FAT & Commissioning

Testing covers the agreed I/O, sequences, communications, interlocks, alarms and operator functions before site trials and production stabilization.

CCM SCADA & Reporting Platform

A configurable, engineered-to-order software layer can organize CCM overview, strand and drive status, cooling-water data, billet production, shearing, alarms, trends, recipes, historian interfaces and production reporting.