Coal and Iron Yard Steel Plant

ThyssenKrupp CSA’s steel plant in Brazil features one of the largest automated instrumentation projects in Latin America. Encardio-rite supplied and installed geotechnical instrumentation for monitoring the behavior of the ground in the slab storage area, tracking deformation and pore water pressure. In-place inclinometer systems were installed for continuous, automated data collection with hourly readings for the first year, followed by daily readings. The project was completed in collaboration with Terratek Ltd. in Brazil.

Coal and Iron Yard Steel Plant

ThyssenKrupp CSA Companhia Siderúrgica do Atlântico has one of the largest automated instrumentation projects in Latin America. Monitoring was done for Iron ore yard S/R 401,402 & 40,3, and Coal yard S/R 201, and Coal yard S/R 202.

Encardio-rite’s scope of work included the supply and installation of instrumentation for the ‘Monitoring Program Slab Storage Area’, which was planned for the operation phase of the steel plant. The purpose was to implement geotechnical instrumentation and automatic data collection to monitor the behavior of the ground within the Slab Storage area with respect to deformation and pore water pressure during the storage of slabs.

Instrumentation included In-place inclinometer systems with automated data collection. The automatic measurements will be done in an interval of 1 hour during the first 12 months after the start of slab storage; after that, daily readings.

Encardio-rite also provided installation services and deputed an experienced engineer. Our Engineer and Marketing Associate, Terratek Ltd. in Brazil, completed the installation and commissioning services satisfactorily.