Vitkovice Steel Plate Mill Coordination System Case Study

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Vitkovice Steel Plate Mill Coordination System Case Study

Case study of Vitkovice Steel replacing legacy 1980s monitoring and control systems with ICONICS GENESIS32 for plate mill operations and Oracle integration.

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June 4, 2026

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3 min read

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Vitkovice Steel implemented ICONICS GENESIS32 HMI/SCADA with AlarmWorX32 and DataWorX32 to replace obsolete Czechoslovakian control computers and production monitoring systems. The KSUP Plate Mill Coordination System monitors roll transporters, manages material flow through 3.5 meter four-high rolling mills, and automatically transfers production settings to shears and stampers. The system runs on 26 client stations serving 180 users with seamless integration to Siemens S7 PLCs, KEP Servers, and Oracle 9.2 databases.

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Replaced 1980s-era PPC-4 control systems and legacy monitoring with GENESIS32 SCADA

KSUP system automates material tracking on roll transporters and pile storage management

26 client stations deliver 40 main screens plus 250 pop-up support screens for 180 users

Direct integration with Siemens Simatic S7 PLCs, Oracle 9.2, and stampers via 3964R protocol

Achieved 24x7 high availability with low TCO and easy connectivity to existing Oracle systems

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