Expansion of Water Treatment Plant for Hot Strip Mill

Together with the water technology department of PSE Engineering GmbH, KERN Industrie Automation is expanding the cooling water supply in hot strip mill 2 at thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG in Duisburg/ Germany. The cooling water supply will be expanded to include an additional treatment circuit with 4 cooling towers and 18 gravel filter systems.

The KERN scope of services includes engineering, supply and erection of the complete power section from 5KV switchgear to the installed drives, the system and building lighting, as well as the design of the new automation technology based on PCS7 process control system from Siemens.

The project comprises two construction stages that will be completed by early 2024. With this new project, a long-standing and successful cooperation between PSE Engineering and KERN Industrie Automation is being continued.