A Mixed Integer Linear Programming model of a Steelmaking and Casting plant

Author

Fanti, Maria Pia ; Stecco, Gabriella ; Ukovich, Walter

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Polytech. of Bari, Bari, Italy

fYear

2013

fDate

10-13 Dec. 2013

Firstpage

5485

Lastpage

5490

Abstract

This paper deals with the Steelmaking and Casting phases of a real integrated plant. We focus on the scheduling of the casts on the machines of the process and on the cranes that perform the internal transport. The casting phase is made by Continuous Casting and Ingot Casting machines. A Mixed Integer Linear Programming model is presented for the schedule of operations, with the objective of minimizing the makespan. The model is divided into four sub-models: the steelmaking and casting processes, the cranes, the continuous casting machines and the ingot casting machines. An example is presented to show the application of the proposed model.

Keywords

casting; cranes; industrial plants; integer programming; linear programming; production equipment; scheduling; steel manufacture; casting phases; casting plant; continuous casting machines; cranes; ingot casting machines; mixed integer linear programming model; operations schedule; real integrated plant; scheduling; steelmaking processes; Adaptation models; Casting; Cranes; Integrated circuit modeling; Mixed integer linear programming; Steel;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Decision and Control (CDC), 2013 IEEE 52nd Annual Conference on

Conference_Location

Firenze

ISSN

0743-1546

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5714-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CDC.2013.6760753

Filename

6760753