PRODUCTION PROCEDURE OPTIMIZATION IN IRON AND STEEL ENTERPRISE
Gongfa Li1, 2, Yikun Zhang1, Guozhang Jiang1, Honghai Liu2, Jia Liu1
1College of Machinery and Automation, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, China
2Intelligent Systems and Biomedical Robotics Group, School of Creative Technologies, University of Portsmouth, PO1 2DJ, United Kingdom
Green manufacturing is an effective way of realizing the sustainable development strategy. From the view of evolution of production chain and goods value, energy-saving, cleaner production and green manufacturing of iron and steel industry is discussed and the importance of system optimization of steel manufacturing process is stressed. Connotation of green manufacturing for the iron and steel was explained, the function of steel production process for green manufacturing was discussed and the content system of implementation of green manufacturing for the iron and steel enterprise was established. Finally, the steel production process was optimized. The function of iron and steel manufacturing procedure are broaden-manufacturing function of steel product, function of energy conversion and function of waste recycling, which will enhance enterprise’s competitiveness and sustainability.