Hyundai Steel has built a so-called Smart
Enterprise system, an advanced management program that oversees from production
to sales and infrastructure management through AI technology, officials said
Tuesday.
The new system features AI technology and big data
to advance the entire process from manufacturing to sales at steel mills,
Hyundai Steel said.
“The company will complete the Smart Enterprise
system by forming the most optimized decision-making process centered in
customers by merging data through technology,” said an official.
A task force team has been set up to create a
platform that gathers and merges data to innovate the overall manufacturing,
infrastructure system and production management at its workplace. The new
system will be up and running by 2025, the company added.
An AI-based production system will be also
implemented at the steelmaker’s factories, by upgrading instrument control
modules for processes like steelmaking and steel rolling so they can more
accurately control and measure materials for production. The company said it
has been working on the development of instrument control module, which will
learn by itself how to merge with other controlling data on factory operation.
Such a high-tech module will be also applied to other business operations so it
can make accurate decisions based on data, and also monitor errors during the
entire production process.
Hyundai Steel has joined hands with local firms to
invest in developing a virtual sensor technology called PTOP-VsensorTM solution.
It is a machine learning-based software program
that can sync with data gathered via physical sensors installed inside heating
furnaces at steel mills. While physical sensors are prone to risks and errors
due to emissions exhausted inside the furnace, using software to predict
scenarios and control modules are not only safe but enhances fuel efficiency,
according to the firm.
By Kim Da-sol (ddd@heraldcorp.com)