Steel Process
Steel Processing Industry in South Africa
South Africa was ranked the 21'st largest
crude steel producing country in the world by the World Steel
Association in 2008. South Africa was also the largest steel
producer in Africa, producing 48% of the total crude steel
production of the continent during 2008. The range of primary
carbon steel products and semi-finished products manufactured in
South Africa includes billets, blooms, slabs, forgings, light-,
medium- and heavy sections and bars, reinforcing bar, railway track
material, wire rod, seamless tubes, plates, hot- and cold-rolled
coils and sheets, electrolytic galvanized coils and sheets,
tinplate and pre-painted coils and sheets whereas the range of
primary stainless steel products and semi-finished products
manufactured in South Africa includes slabs, plates and hot- and
cold-rolled coils and sheets.
Emerson in the Steel Processing Industry
Control Techniques South Africa division of
EMERSON Industrial Automation, has a large installed customer base
in the South African Steel processing industry. A few of our
customers include Macsteel, Trident Steel and Columbus Steel.
Control Techniques offers competitively priced
products that are well suited for the applications in which they
are used. Our variable speed drives are robust and easily withstand
the harsh environments of the steel industry.
Customer Solutions
Control Techniques offers a wide range of
solutions to our customers in the steel industry. We sell both
individual drive modules and fully automated solutions for process
lines. Some of the solutions offered are:
- Flying shears solutions
- Slitter machine solutions
- Winder solutions
- Cut to length solution
- Rotary Knife solutions
Product Solutions
Control Techniques offers a complete range of
variable speed drives for both AC and DC applications on the steel
industry and have successfully converted many old machines from DC
to AC using our products and solutions.
AC drives - Unidrive SP, Commander SK
DC drives - Mentor II, New Mentor MP