Q3 digital process-automation solutions
Danieli process controls and automation systems are evolving towards a new manufacturing organization, strongly supported by modern digital assets, where processes are automatically and autonomously improved.
The latest digital assets –systems, sensors, equipment, etc.– allow close cooperation between humans and machines, where processes are automatically and autonomously improved, and decision-making is supported by stored and real-time data plus statistical models customized for use by metal processing industries.
Artificial Intelligence, big data and IOT are the tools that are the basis of the advanced developments underway by Danieli Automation.
The target is to the supply of autonomous plants, where Key Performance Indicators -KPI are measured, energy consumption is optimized, quality is monitored and adjusted in order to produce “more with less”, or, as we say, to simplify metal production complexity and satisfy the orders received, in automatic mode.
Digitalization is an essential component of the Danieli Green Metal solution because it supports production focused on the lowest operational expenditure (OpEx) by optimizing production time, raw-material cost and energy consumption, efficiency, and plant yield.
In particular, the Danieli solution includes specific tools to monitor not only energy consumption and to select the production schedule depending on the cost of energy, but also to manage the use of renewable sources. The system makes it possible to assign the carbon content of production (in other words, to certify green steel) based on the monitored data.
