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ORGANIZER;CN=ESTAD 2023:mailto:info@metec-estad.com
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SUMMARY:R - Gate: An automatic slide gate mechanism for simple and safer operation
DESCRIPTION:Slide Gate mechanism is used world-wide by steel manufacturers to control the flow of molten steel in the steel making process. However, operation of Slide Gate and replacement of refractories still depend on the experience and skills of the operators.

Krosaki Harima Corporation has developed one new slide gate called “R-Gate” having improved mechanism for face pressure loading/unloading along with plate refractory clamping. Its operation is simple that provides labor saving and reduced human intervention. So far, around 174 units of this new slide gate mechanism has been supplied to 23 customers worldwide. 

Further work is going on to make this R – Gate in automatic mode where the whole system including change of refractories parts will be controlled by a general robot “REX-ROBO”. By putting this system into practical use, it is possible to save the labor and reduced human error under severe environment and achieve customer satisfaction.

In this paper, we introduce the results of R-Gate’s contribution to our customers through its features and plate life improvement, and an example of automated operations in refractory replacement by collaboration with R-Gate and Robots. In addition, we introduce our latest technology of R-Gate & REX-ROBO. 

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