Ladle drying & Preheating station Fuel: Natural Gas / Corex/Mixed Gas /LDO/HFO/Coke Oven Gas Ladle Preheating Station supporting frame completed with hydraulic equipment for lifting & lowering of burner with hydraulic cylinders, fan & air delivery pipe for air delivering to the burner, gas distribution equipment with monitoring & control sensors & safety valve, local control panel. Lifting & lowering frame with heating unit completed with : Burner Refractory-lined cover for steel casting ladle Position sensors for movable frame Gas pipeline & air pipeline Flame & temperature control sensors The drying & heating station will dry up to 800°C & heating up to 1100-1200°C Control and automation system Control panel, monitoring and control instruments which ensure the technological process and operation of gas cleaning system shall be connected to one switchboard. The control and indication panel for equipment operating and process data controlling shall be placed on the switchboard. A touch panel of type Simatic MP shall be provided for the operating mode choosing, entering of the casting ladle number and visualization of actual information. The system shall organize as a hierarchical many-level-system which includes: The control systems & the data collection systems from the technological sensors, regulators, actuating devices etc. (level 0) The automatic control & adjustment by means of controllers (level 1) The automatic control systems have following functions: Natural gas, compressed air and oxygen consumption control, Instantaneous value recording for gas consumption and temperature with reference to the ladle number which will be entered by the operator at the start of the drying and heating process. Features: Automatic signalizing of the technological data deviation from the indicated limits or equipment failure, the personnel notification as well as the recording of such incidents