In-house technology intervention at Sintering Plant-ll of SAIL, Rourkela Steel Plant helps accrue huge savings

Demonstrating exceptional technical expertise and innovation, an enterprising team from Sintering Plant-II (SP-II) of SAIL, Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP), has successfully developed an in-house solution to overcome a critical operational challenge in the weighing system of SP-II. The intervention has resulted in substantial savings exceeding Rs. 10 lakh and significantly enhanced operational excellence.

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The team successfully replaced the obsolete communication card (JKT card) in the weighing system with an indigenously designed and developed system. The new system has been commissioned and is functioning efficiently, further improving operational reliability. Notably, SP-II produces about 2 million tonnes of sinter of the desired quality to feed the Blast Furnaces. The plant receives raw materials such as basemix, coke, limestone, and dolomite from the Raw Material Handling Plant (RMHP), calcined lime from CP-2, and -5mm sinter fraction from the Blast Furnaces. These materials are fed through weigh feeders and loss-in-weight systems, measured precisely by belt weighers, and mixed in the Mixing and Balling Dru