Digitalization enables “One body, two wings and multiple bases”

As one of the 18 local steel enterprises in the national iron and steel industry layout and China’s super large steel complex, Liugang Group has actively responded to the dual-carbon goal and grown its business with technological innovation and intelligent manufacturing. In Liuzhou main production base as the center, Fangchenggang steel base and Yulin Zhongjin stainless steel base as the two wings of the “one body, two wings of the multi-base” pattern, raw material plant, sintering, pelletizing, coking and other projects and process segments, Liugang Group and Schneider Electric cooperate fully. By deploying solutions such as Schneider Electric’s AVEVA system platform, AVEVA Intouch HMI, Modicon series PLCS and drives, you can standardize and visualize your operations and improve your operational efficiency. “The deep integration of the new generation of information technology and manufacturing is triggering far-reaching industrial changes and forming new production methods and economic growth points,” said Shi Peirun, deputy general manager of Liugang Group.

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“Lighthouse factory” theory and practice to help the digital transformation of the steel industry

Selected as the “World’s most Advanced Factory” by the World Economic Forum in Davos, the Lighthouse Factory represents the highest level of intelligent manufacturing and digitalization in today’s global manufacturing sector. Schneider Electric has five lighthouse factories around the world, of which the Wuxi plant was named “end-to-end Lighthouse Factory” in 2021.

In this exchange meeting, Schneider Electric shared the concept and implementation path of “Lighthouse Factory” and “dual carbon consulting”, combined with its own practical experience to comb out how to start from the top-level planning, tailor the most suitable for its current situation of the transformation roadmap, starting from the two foundations of management and technology. On the basis of lean and standardization, promote the automation, digitalization and intelligence of equipment and production, and gradually iterate and upgrade to intelligent manufacturing. Mr. Shi of Liugang Group said, “The exchange between Schneider Electric and Liugang’s ‘Lighthouse Factory’ will allow us to have a further understanding of Schneider Electric’s overall solution, especially the full life cycle service of ‘two-carbon consulting’. We look forward to our future cooperation.”