Aluminium

Aluminium

Kentz Automation and Drives are actively involved in the aluminium industry. We have successfully completed many E&I projects on an EPC turnkey basis as greenfield and brownfield projects in the following areas of the aluminium industry:

• Aluminium smelters
• Continuous casters
• Hot rolling mills
• Cold rolling mills
• Foil mills
• Processing lines such as:
  - Coil coating lines
  - Slitter lines
  - Pre-treatment tension level lines
  - Tension level lines

We have exceptional expertise in the following aspects in the aluminium industry:

• Variable Speed Drive Systems (VSDs)
  - AC variable speed drives systems (VSDs) for both AC and DC solutions. Drive systems implemented vary from fractional kW drives to 3MW or more
  - Solutions implemented for Rockwell, Siemens
  - Ward Leonard control upgrades as well as replacement of Ward Leonard speed control systems
  - Development of software for coordinated speed control applications
• SCADA systems (WinCC, RSView SE, Wonderware Intouch, Adroit)
• PLC systems (Rockwell ControlLogix, Siemens S7, GE Fanuc, Group Schneider Modicon)
• DCS type control systems such as Siemens PCS7
• Medium voltage distribution and switchgear
• Motor control centres
• Instrumentation
• PF correction and harmonic filtering

We provide the following project services:

• Project management
• Basic design
• Detail design
• Load flow analysis
• Software development
• Commissioning
• Training
• Technical support & service calls
• Engineering and feasibility studies

The following software engineering tools are used during the execution of projects:

• Intools for instrumentation designs
• Digsilent for load flow analysis
• E-plan for electrical designs
• Autocad 2007
• Microstation V8

Typical clients are:

• Hulett Aluminium, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
• Hillside Aluminium Smelter, Richards Bay, South Africa
• Mozal, Aluminium Smelter, Mozambique
• Garmco, Bahrain

Project Profiles

Mozal FTC & GTC

Hulamin Expansion Phase 2

Foil Mill FM7 Upgrade