LOI Thermprocess GmbH modernized the batch annealing plant at Benxi Iron & Steel Ltd.

LOI Thermprocess GmbH (Essen, Germany; http://www.loi.de) modernized the batch annealing plant at Benxi Iron & Steel Ltd. (Liaoning, China), including replacing and modernizing the control system for 36 annealing bases and connecting it to a new ProView® supervisory control system, which allows control of all the annealing bases. Each annealing base is equipped with a type S7-300 base control unit. Ethernet and TCP/IP are used for communication between the base control unit and the supervisory control system.