Intelligent manufacturing solutions to create values for clients

The hottest topic at METEC’s Bright World of Metals was how intelligent manufacturing and Industry 4.0 would transform and upgrade the steel sector.

CISDI showcased several first-rate intelligent products and solutions, highlighting those already applied at Shaogang’s intelligent integrated centre.

The centre has created a new BF-centred integrated production mode which has brought about not only a 20-40 per cent increase in productivity, but also considerable savings. It can run with 38 per cent fewer staff, hot metal costs have gone down by $1.4-7.5 USD per tonne, and the fuel ratio for ironmaking has decreased by 2-10 per cent.

CISDI’s intelligent and eco-friendly stockyard developments also took centre stage.

The company’s expertise has helped Baowu Zhanjiang’s 10Mt/a steelworks put into operation an intelligent and green stockyard, the first for a plant with such a high tonnage level.

The stockyard is capable of intelligent optimised decision-making on flows, and has an intelligent blending yard, unmanned stacking and reclaiming, a digital yard and 3D production simulation.

Since its startup in 2016, monitoring the one million square-metre stockyard plant has required just two operators who work with remote technology.

Intelligent warehousing was also a popular topic.

CISDI demonstrated to visitors how it had built an intelligent warehousing system for Bayi Steel, which is part of China’s Baowu Group.

Technology enables driver-less crane operation in complicated conditions and enables warehouse operations to be intelligently monitored and controlled, resulting in cost reductions, increased efficiency and workforce safety. In addition, the service life of equipment is being extended.

CISDI’s smart logistics system also got its time in the spotlight. The system is built on industrial AI and a big data analysis platform and achieves numerous results, including improvements in real-time, accuracy, economy, efficiency and security.

CISDI’s intelligence ‘show zone’ at METEC