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Implementation of a Condition Monitoring System on an Electric Arc Furnace Through a Risk-Based Methodology

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This chapter presents the deployment of a condition monitoring system on an electric arc furnace in a steel making company, ranging from the development of the system until its implementation and the results achieved by its use in the plant. A step-wise risk-based methodology is introduced and it is adopted to deploy the condition monitoring system. The electric arc furnace is a relevant asset for safety issues; due to the characteristics of the furnace—running continuously at high temperatures and in harsh environmental conditions—many components cannot be visually inspected, thus a maintenance system, with real-time monitoring capabilities, represents a proper solution to keep under control the asset health state. Besides the monitoring activity, appropriate risk information must also be shown to maintenance personnel to effectively improve maintenance activity. In this concern, the condition monitoring system, herein presented, can be considered an E-maintenance tool, integrated within an existing industrial ICT infrastructure, and representing one practical application of E-maintenance concept within industry.

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The work has been developed within the scope of a project work of MeGMI, Master Executive in Gestione della Manutenzione Industriale—Executive Master on Industrial Maintenance Management, delivered by MIP—School of Management—Politecnico di Milano and SdM—School of Management Università degli Studi di Bergamo (www.mip.polimi.it/megmi).

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    Luca Fumagalli, Simone Pala & Marco Macchi

  2. Tenaris Dalmine S.p.A., Piazza Caduti 6 Luglio 1944, 1, Dalmine, BG, 24044, Italy

    Cristian Colace, Nelson R. Matarazzo & Maurizio Rondi

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Colace, C., Fumagalli, L., Pala, S., Macchi, M., Matarazzo, N.R., Rondi, M. (2020). Implementation of a Condition Monitoring System on an Electric Arc Furnace Through a Risk-Based Methodology. In: Crespo Márquez, A., Macchi, M., Parlikad, A. (eds) Value Based and Intelligent Asset Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20704-5_11

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