Tag: ABB
ArcSave – improves steel production output
ABB, has launched ArcSave, the next generation electric arc furnace electromagnetic stirrer (EAF-EMS) that reduces carry over slag and shortens tap-to-tap time, strengthens slag-melt homogenization, increases yield and contributes to safer operations.
The ArcSave’s powerful electromagnetic stirring enhances the large scrap melting and makes stratification less significant due to forced convection. 
ABB electrical systems for floating LNG facilities
ABB, the power and automation technology group, won a contract worth more than USD 50M to supply the electrical system for commercial floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facilities to be owned by Malaysian oil and gas company PETRONAS. ABB technology for Klabin’s giant pulp mill
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, will supply gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) technology-based 34.5kV power distribution system for Klabin’s major new pulp mill being constructed in Ortigueira (Paraná State), Brazil.
ABB automation system for Brazilian iron mine
ABB won a USD 103M contract from Brazilian mining company Vale to install electrical and automation systems at a modern iron ore mine in the Carajás mountains of northern Brazil as part of a major capacity expansion. ABB to connect UK onshore wind farms
ABB, the power and automation technology group, won an order to provide a grid connection and the associated power infrastructure for Vattenfall’s Pen y Cymoedd Wind Energy Project being developed in Wales, United Kingdom.
ABB wins Maracanã substation order
ABB, the power and automation technology group, has won a USD30M order from Furnas Centrais Elétricas to construct a new indoor transmission substation in downtown Rio de Janeiro to power the Maracanã soccer stadium and the adjacent neighbourhood.
ABB wins solar power orders
ABB has won orders worth around $225 million to supply two turnkey photovoltaic (PV) power plants that will be built in the northern province of Limpopo in South Africa. ABB is a leading power and automation technology group.
ABB wins order for next gen Arctic icebreaker
The Baltic Shipyard Ltd has awarded ABB with an order to supply powerful propulsion and energy efficient electrical systems for a new icebreaker vessel under construction for Russia’s state shipping company Rosmorport FSUE. ABB secures substation order
ABB has secured a major substation order from Hydro One Networks. The supply deal includes an indoor gas-insulated switchgear substation, an outdoor switchyard with air-insulated switchgear, as well as associated transmission infrastructure.
ABB acquires Powercorp.
ABB has agreed to acquire Australia-based renewable power automation company Powercorp. This acquisition strengthens ABB’s portfolio of control technologies used to manage the integration of renewable energy sources.