December 03, 2008

Industrie Riunite Odolesi to install Tenova EFSOP

Tenova announced that Industrie Riunite Odolesi has chosen to install its EFSOP® Holistic Optimization™ system as their preferred process control tool for the EAF meltshop at Odolo in Italy.

Optimization of the 75 tonnes electric arc furnace will be based on standard parameters which include reducing electrical energy, oxygen and natural gas consumption along with increasing yield and productivity.

Tenova Scope of Supply will also include post combustion optimization and TGI’s off gas water detection technology for increased safety within the furnace environment. EFSOP® will also tune at the finest levels the KT Oxygen Lances and PC burners already on site at the facility to provide EAF optimal continuous improvement. The sale of EFSOP® to IRO SpA is the tenth Tenova Goodfellow sale in the Italian steel market.

The EFSOP® System is part of a wider project handled by Tenova Meltshops BU which will also supply new bimetallic power conductive arms and a new regulation system for the TDR H.

With half a century of operations, Industrie Riunite Odolesi has progressed from the ancient handicraft of tradition to the new industrial strength of technological progress. The main production line includes billets from continuous casting and steel for reinforced concrete. Since 1990, IRO has used the Tempcore technology which consists of superficial heat treatment of the bar during lamination.

Tenova Goodfellow Inc is a Canadian company based in Mississauga in Canada and is an integrated member of Tenova.