Based in Mpumalanga, South Africa, producing austenitic stainless steel, ferritic stainless steel and duplex stainless in plate, sheet, coil and strip, Columbus Stainless (Pty) Ltd is a major stainless steel supplier in Africa and internationally.

The CCM, manufactured by SVAI in the nineties and with a maximum casting capacity of 72,000t/month, currently represents a bottleneck and needs to be modernized so that it can be a strong link between the steel plant and hot mill.

The order is for a turnkey project to upgrade the following:

- PLC and SCADA systems

- Changing the 18 motors/drives of the bow from DC to AC

- Complete replacement of the existing Process Control System (Level 2) with the Danieli Automation Q-CAST including the Q-ART, Q-CUT, Q-MIX and Q-COOL technological packages.

With a shutdown of only 2 weeks and less than 6 months from the order to the restart of the plant, this project is a real challenge for Danieli Automation.