In recent years, in the process industry that pursues "safety, stability, long-term, high yield, and high quality", with the vigorous development of digital technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data, and cloud computing, enterprises have ushered in a golden opportunity to build new productivity and shape differentiated competitive advantages. Especially in carbon intensive industries such as steel, non-ferrous metals, and mining, there is an urgent need to achieve a qualitative leap through deep integration of digitalization and emerging production factors, and flexibly respond to rapid market changes.

Empower the steel and non-ferrous metal industries, stimulate innovation vitality

As a long-standing industrial sector, the steel and non-ferrous metal industry has highly automated and continuous production lines. ABB, with its profound industry experience, is continuously increasing its research and development investment, committed to optimizing production processes, and promoting high-quality development of the enterprise. Faced with the urgent demand for high-quality new steel for industrial upgrading, ABB not only focuses on the innovation of production processes, but also continuously breaks through in control accuracy, stability and reliability. ABB has innovatively launched customized solutions such as asymmetric dual motor control to address the challenges of "hand tearing steel" in the field of precision manufacturing, which has won widespread recognition in the market.

At the 2023 CIIE, ABB launched a heavyweight intelligent manufacturing solution for the steel and non-ferrous metal industries. The solution integrates basic process automation, intelligent centralized control operation platform, and big data analysis platform, achieving comprehensive coverage from process control and process optimization to visualization and remote diagnosis. It deeply explores the value of manufacturing lifecycle data and provides strong support for intelligent decision-making and efficient production for enterprises.

Leading the full electrification transformation of the mining industry and laying a solid foundation for safety

In the complex and ever-changing mining environment, ABB has become a leader in the field of mine hoists with its century long technological accumulation. Through continuous technological iteration and innovation, ABB continuously meets customers' needs for safe, precise, and reliable hydraulic braking systems, and has successfully launched a new generation of intelligent hoist hydraulic braking system solutions, significantly improving the system's response speed and control accuracy, reducing downtime and maintenance costs.

With the acceleration of the construction of "smart mines", ABB, with its profound industry knowledge, not only helps customers improve their basic automation construction, but also expands and builds intelligent operation systems, promoting the mining industry to move towards a new model of "intelligent operation and maintenance". At the same time, ABB actively responded to the call for energy conservation and emission reduction by launching eMine ™ The fully electrified mining solution utilizes innovative technologies such as electric mining card assisted overhead line systems to assist the mining industry in achieving green and low-carbon transformation.

Empowering the steel industry with green hydrogen and jointly drawing a low-carbon future

Guided by the "dual carbon" goal, the steel industry is actively exploring low-carbon and sustainable development paths. ABB has provided solid support for the green transformation of the steel industry with its rich experience in electric furnace steelmaking and green hydrogen production. By building a domestically leading DC electric arc furnace project for Hebei Iron and Steel Group Shijiazhuang Iron and Steel, ABB has demonstrated its outstanding capabilities in efficient steelmaking and energy conservation and emission reduction. At the same time, ABB actively participates in green hydrogen production projects such as electrolysis of water to produce hydrogen, providing the steel industry with comprehensive solutions from rectifiers to automation instruments, DCS control systems, etc., helping the steel industry move towards a greener future.

In summary, ABB, as a deep cultivator and leader in traditional process industries, is continuously injecting intelligent energy into energy intensive industries such as steel, non-ferrous metals, and mining with cutting-edge insights and innovative solutions. Looking forward to the future, ABB will continue to rely on its strong product technology and project experience, work together with more customers in the manufacturing sector, and embrace the new era of green dual carbon and high-quality development.