Gerdau Steel India Commissions QMOS MES System from Quad Infotech
03/09/2015 - Gerdau Steel India Limited (GSIL) has completed the first phase of commissioning of the QMOS MES system at its integrated steel plant in Tadipatri, India.
QMOS receives all orders from the GSIL SAP system and provides necessary tools for managers to validate production and confirm data in SAP. With comprehensive tracking of consumables, temperature zones and Ladles weights, QMOS seamlessly integrates the Blast Furnace with either of the 2 active BOF converters. The specialty steel facility uses QMOS to further track downstream operations at the LMF, VTD and Caster.
The integrated quality spec system in QMOS combined with improved billet testing features and interfaces allow the Blast Furnace and SMS operators to view and track the quality status of each heat and billet throughout production. Analyzing the quality results with respect to additives and casting parameters such as temperatures, speeds, oscillation and mold levels, amongst many others, is made easy with the unique analytical tools provided by the QMOS Manufacturing Intelligence (MI) application.
In phase 2, QMOS will be implemented for the rolling mill and finishing operations.
Gerdau is a leading producer of long steel in the Americas and one of the largest suppliers of special steel in the world. With over 45,000 employees, it has industrial operations in 14 countries - in the Americas, Europe and Asia - which together represent an installed capacity of over 25 million metric tons of steel per year. It is the largest recycler in Latin America and around the world it transforms, each year, millions of metric tons of scrap into steel, reinforcing its commitment to sustainable development in the regions where it operates. With more than 140,000 shareholders, the Company is listed on the stock exchanges of Sao Paulo, New York and Madrid.
Quad InfoTech is a software engineering and design company that has been designing systems for the steel industry for over 20 years. Quad Infotech’s unique combination of steel making and rolling process knowledge makes it an ideal provider of systems for the steel industry. Quad's flagship MES product, QMOS, has been implemented in over 55% of the long steel producing plants in North America.
The integrated quality spec system in QMOS combined with improved billet testing features and interfaces allow the Blast Furnace and SMS operators to view and track the quality status of each heat and billet throughout production. Analyzing the quality results with respect to additives and casting parameters such as temperatures, speeds, oscillation and mold levels, amongst many others, is made easy with the unique analytical tools provided by the QMOS Manufacturing Intelligence (MI) application.
In phase 2, QMOS will be implemented for the rolling mill and finishing operations.
Gerdau is a leading producer of long steel in the Americas and one of the largest suppliers of special steel in the world. With over 45,000 employees, it has industrial operations in 14 countries - in the Americas, Europe and Asia - which together represent an installed capacity of over 25 million metric tons of steel per year. It is the largest recycler in Latin America and around the world it transforms, each year, millions of metric tons of scrap into steel, reinforcing its commitment to sustainable development in the regions where it operates. With more than 140,000 shareholders, the Company is listed on the stock exchanges of Sao Paulo, New York and Madrid.
Quad InfoTech is a software engineering and design company that has been designing systems for the steel industry for over 20 years. Quad Infotech’s unique combination of steel making and rolling process knowledge makes it an ideal provider of systems for the steel industry. Quad's flagship MES product, QMOS, has been implemented in over 55% of the long steel producing plants in North America.
