Danieli Automation will provide hardware and software for an upgrade plant to CMC Poland’s rolling mill in Zawiercie, Poland.

A press release said that the revamp will optimize rolling performance and increase plant uptime. New, low-voltage inverter drives for the mill’s roughing and intermediate sections will be installed to improve operation and plant maintainability. Special attention will be paid to the reheating furnace heating-up billets produced by the local meltshop to accurate rolling temperatures. There, hardware and software for Level 1 automation system will be upgraded. A new process control system for automatic set up of the heating curves of the furnace also will be supplied. The upgrade will be completed by the end of this year.

The mill produces 500,000 metric tons per year of bars and wire rod for construction, agricultural, energy, machinery and consumer goods applications. Some of the products it manufactures include wire rod, ribbed and plain wire in coils and welded mesh for concrete reinforcement.

CMC Poland is part of U.S.-based Commercial Metals Company, which has multiple locations in America, Europe and Asia, including a U.S. plant that makes wire rod in Jacksonville, Florida.