56th RMOC meeting, Tata Steel Jamshedpur, 16-17 March, 2023,
A two-day
56th
Rolling Mills Operating Committee Meet
was organized at United Club, Jamshedpur on
16-17th March, 2023. The theme of the
meeting is "Performance Improvement of Long & Flat Rolling Mills"
More than 105 engineers and experts from different rolling mills of steel plants across India including SAIL (BSP, BSL, RSP, DSP, ISP, SSP, Corporate Office, RDCIS, CET), Tata Steel (Jamshedpur, Kalinganagar, Meramandali, Tarapur, Khapoli), Tata Steel LP, JSW (Vijayanagar, Salem & Dolvi), JSPL (Angul & Patratu), Vizag Steel, Mukand Steel, NMDC Steel, JSHL & MECON have participated in the Meet. They exchanged information, operating experience, ideas and views among engineers working in rolling mills of different steel plants of the country. There were 37 presentations by participants and 8 presentations by Technology Suppliers. Total 31 recommendations have been formulated during the meet for implementation in different rolling mills. Techno-Economic parameters of all the 45 mills were compiled.
Shri Chaitanya Bhanu,
Vice President (Steel Manufacturing), Tata Steel,
Jamshedpur
joined the inauguration function as the
Chief Guest. He emphasized on the
application of Industry 4.0 systems like
wireless networks, cloud computing, machine
learning and artificial intelligence for
improved operation of rolling mills.
Welcome address of the inaugural session was
delivered by
Shri Ajay Kumar Jha,
Chief, CRM, Tata Steel, Jamshedpur
and Leader, Organizing Committee.
Dr.
Sushant Rath, General Manager & Head
(Flat Rolling & Tribology), SAIL-RDCIS,
Ranchi and Secretary, RMOC presented
Secretary's report in the inaugural session.
Votes of thanks was proposed by
Shri Ranjay Kumar Singh,
Chief TSCR, Tata Steel, Jamshedpur
and
Alternate Leader of the Organizing
Committee.
Shri Purnanand Pathak, Chief General
Manager (Rolling Technology), SAIL-RDCIS,
Ranchi was the chief guest of the concluding
session. The participants visited TSCR, CRM
and NBM of Tata Steel, Jamshedpur.
We express our gratitude to senior managements
of different steel plants for nominations and thanks to all the
participants, presenters, session managers,
organizers and all associated persons in
making the event a resounding success.
Dr. S. Rath, Secretary, RMOC