Processes that enhance plant performance, and optimize operating and maintenance costs drive cutting-edge technology in our automation for hot rolling mills. This enables our customers to adapt themselves to changing market requirements and to increase their competitiveness by more flexible and sustainable production, superior product quality and minimized operational costs.
SMS group has extensive domain know-how and understanding of all important process steps in hot rolling. Thanks to our widely proven X-Pact® automation solutions and modern software development technologies we implement latest production standards. By doing so and also by supplying our plants digital ready our customers benefit from digital applications that ensure future viability of their plants.
Key features
- Power supply and drive systems for greater sustainability
- Innovative measuring systems
- Modular basic and process automation packages with sophisticated process models
- Innovative X-Pact® Vision HMI-concept for smart operation and visualization
- Diagnostics for startup, devices, sequences, safety, and plant
- Quality monitoring and predictive system for condition analysis
- Digital pre-commissioning of automation systems during the X-Pact® Plug & Work integration test
- Advanced operator training at an early stage before commissioning
- Fast start-up and commissioning of the hot rolling mills
- Perfect infrastructure for remote support with X-Pact® Service