Metals Manufacturing
Production errors and downtime are costly for metals manufacturers. From steel to iron to aluminum, E Tech Group’s automation engineers mitigate, diagnose and solve these problems so you can keep a competitive edge and protect your bottom line.
100+
Coordinated Drives and Controls Solutions Delivered
$100M
In Metals Solutions Delivered
15+
Process-Specific Areas of Expertise
Reduce Defects & Boost Revenue with Automation Solutions for Metals Manufacturing
In the metals manufacturing industry, every step of the production line impacts your bottom line. Outdated systems and unexpected downtime are costly, and your team may lack the knowledge to diagnose these issues. That’s where we come in.
The industry-leading engineers at E Tech Group implement integrated automation and control solutions that boost profits. We’ve served the metals industry for over 30 years and understand the challenges that steel, aluminum, and iron producers face.
The Benefits of State-of-the-Art Control Systems for Metals Fabrication
There are a host of benefits metals manufacturers reap from implementing custom process control solutions are numerous:
- Reduced scrap
- Reduced defects and downtime
- Elimination of operational error
- Improved safety for workers on the floor
- Improved product quality
- Enhanced precision
- Enhanced reliability/repeatability
End-to-end coverage of your automated processes can lead to better product quality and increased revenue, and protects your reputation as a fabricator.
E Tech Group: An Integration Partner for Shop Floor-to-Top Floor Automation Services
Implementing the ideal industrial automation solution requires open, thorough communication from project inception. E Tech Group’s project management style involves all levels of the company – from stakeholders to equipment operators to HR – to design automation systems that meet everyone’s needs and goals.
Ensuring all parties are involved, and keeping everyone on the same page from start to finish, allows us to provide metals manufacturers with innovative, customized control systems. In tandem with our partnerships with the global leaders in automation technology, E Tech Group designs, implements and supports advanced control systems that benefit you in the present and well into your future.
Whether you’re experiencing system inefficiencies or costly equipment maintenance, we customize our solutions to keep your facility productive and profitable. We have 14 offices nationwide, including two UL508A system assembly and fabrication facilities. Our engineers are on the ground delivering turnkey automation capabilities and providing ongoing support for our valuable metals clients.
We support producers of:
- Iron
- Steel
- Aluminum
How We Deliver Value
E Tech Group sets our metals clients up for success with automation hardware and software tailored to your facilities needs and goals, including:
- PLC / PACs
- Drive systems
- Continuous HDGL coordinated drive controls
- Motion control
- PLC control systems
- BOF / BOP / QBOP process control solutions
- Arc regulation control
- EAF drive and process control solutions
- HMI systems
- Industrial networking
- Level 2 systems and advanced software
- Blast furnaces
- Gas fired melting furnaces
- RH/OB degasser
- Steel shops
- Continuous casters
- Hot strip metals
- Hold strip metals
- Cold mills
- Batch and continuous annealing
- Electrolytic tinning
- Hot dip galvanizing
- Mixed pickling
- Tempering
- Cut to length
- Coil handling
- Continuous ETL
Learn How E Tech Supports Metals Clients
Remote SCADA Maintenance and Troubleshooting
A steel manufacturer needed to replace an outdated furnace control system, and was hampered when one of their SCADA systems ground to a halt.
Upgrade of Steel Mill Line Controls
Application Engineer Ana Mircevska recalls how a quick response to a steel mill's flooded basement led to an upgrade of outdated plant systems.
Pig Castor Project Pours Hot Metal Ahead of Schedule
E Tech Group becomes a Main Automation Partner for a metals client with a with an ever-evolving project scope of work.
Delivering a 1.5 Year ROI on a $2M Line Automation Recontrol
Increased performance, better quality, reduced scrap within 2 months of upgrades.
Exit Line Automation and Controls Upgrade
This Aluminum Mill's line had been running on vintage reliance analogue drives that were more than a half century old.
Returns Roll Coater Paint Line to Maximum Profitability
This upgrade to a state-of-the-art Siemens digital drive system returned our client's roll coater paint line to maximum profitability.
Financial Savings for a Leading Steel Mill
Improvements to this steel industry customer’s cold mill yielded measurable financial savings.
IT/OT Risk Assessment
An IT/OT Risk Assessment is the compilation of a complete directory of a facility’s control systems and IT Infrastructure to identify security risks and weak points in your facility’s operations. Compiling this list allows for the facility to more effectively budget, plan, and account for future remedial work.
Other Industries We Serve
Life Sciences
Both biotech and pharmaceutical industrial clients are served by E Technology Group’s Life Sciences teams. Do you need to scale up alternative protein production to meet demand, or require validated processes for high-tech medical equipment? Look no further.
Mission Critical
We provide reliable automation, control, and monitoring solutions for data centers, power, and water applications. From upgrades to complex retrofits of live operating assets, to hyper-scale greenfield projects, our proven “Zero-Defect” methodology mitigates and manages risk ensuring delivery of successful projects on time and on budget.
Material Handling
E Tech Group has been delivering results from the factory floors of the Automated solutions for the fast, efficient, and error-proof movement of packages that reduce your costs. We have delivered tangible value for our clients by improving their logistics and have worked with the world’s leading parcel and fulfillment companies.