Sucessful startup of LadleSafe at Ruukki

The Metsol LadleSafe™ system is now in full operation since October 2011 at the Ruukki steelplant in Raahe, northern Finland.

The system is used for continuous monitoring of ladles while these are processed in the ladle furnace. When a hot-spot is detected by the system, the operator is alerted to take action to avoid a steel break-out.

Ladlesafe™ is integrated with the Rukki production system for exchange of ladle status and logistics data.

-“The LadleSafe™ system is now up and running and has already served its purpose when warning for a ladle close to breakout. By avoiding this failure we saved considerable costs worth of damages and loss of production, not to mention the risk of personal injuries. LadleSafe makes our melt shop a safer place to work at.”, says Heikki Pärkkä, ladles and refractories, Rukki Rahe steel plant, Finland. 

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