Gerdau Commissions QMOS MES System at Arkansas Plant
01/07/2015 - Gerdau Special Steel North America has completed the commissioning of the QMOS MES system at its Fort Smith, Ark., specialty steel plant.
QMOS will be responsible for receiving all orders from the business system and providing work instructions for the entire production line from the dual-furnace melt shop to the direct charging caster, all the way to the post-processing lines.
The advanced quality management tools of QMOS will help the mill better track and manage complex customer requirements. At the same time, analytical tools allow the quality engineers to better monitor the consumption of scraps and additives in order to create more efficient and cost-effective recipes.
QMOS will help manage the activities of multiple finishing process lines, eliminating the traditional paper-based reporting, and improving information accuracy throughout the entire process. All delays and test results are captured, and final production and performance numbers are reported back to the business systems.
The Fort Smith mill utilizes Quad Infotech's APEX system for creating web-based reports, live displays and alarm notifications. The APEX system enhances the visibility of critical production and performance information throughout the plant, as well as the corporate office. The operators, as well as management, can readily have access to critical real-time information.
Quad InfoTech is a software engineering and design company that specializes in the development of manufacturing execution systems (MES) and energy management systems. Quad's unique combination of steelmaking and rolling process knowledge, combined with computer software design expertise, renders Quad's Level-2 and Level-3 software products unique in the global industrial market. Quad's flagship MES product, QMOS, has been implemented in over 55% of the long steel producing plants in North America.
The advanced quality management tools of QMOS will help the mill better track and manage complex customer requirements. At the same time, analytical tools allow the quality engineers to better monitor the consumption of scraps and additives in order to create more efficient and cost-effective recipes.
QMOS will help manage the activities of multiple finishing process lines, eliminating the traditional paper-based reporting, and improving information accuracy throughout the entire process. All delays and test results are captured, and final production and performance numbers are reported back to the business systems.
The Fort Smith mill utilizes Quad Infotech's APEX system for creating web-based reports, live displays and alarm notifications. The APEX system enhances the visibility of critical production and performance information throughout the plant, as well as the corporate office. The operators, as well as management, can readily have access to critical real-time information.
Quad InfoTech is a software engineering and design company that specializes in the development of manufacturing execution systems (MES) and energy management systems. Quad's unique combination of steelmaking and rolling process knowledge, combined with computer software design expertise, renders Quad's Level-2 and Level-3 software products unique in the global industrial market. Quad's flagship MES product, QMOS, has been implemented in over 55% of the long steel producing plants in North America.
