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ONLINE GRADING

& BLOOM

TRACKING

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AXCEND - A GLIMPSE Global Business Entity Focusing on Offshore & Onsite IT

Solutions in the Manufacturing Domain

Affiliated to a Leading North American IT Business Group -

Acrodex

Amongst the first few globally, to have been benchmarked with

CMMI Level 3 & ISO 9001:2000 for Industrial Automation, IT &

their converging hybrid processes

Serving Clients Since 2001: 40+ Customers, 100+ Projects &

100+ Employees

Implementation Partners for Leading Vendors

Siemens PLM – PLM & PDM Solutions

QAD - ERP Solutions

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MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENT

Maintenance Management Industrial Automation Services

Manufacturing Execution Systems Overall Equipment Efficiency Enterprise Asset Management

Siemens PLM & QAD - MFG/PRO Product Implementation & Support Enterprise Portals Business Intelligence Systems VAI & ISA 95 Compliance

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AXCEND CLIENTELE

Axcend had the opportunity to implement solutions for:

Behr

DCM Shriram Industries

National Thermal Power Corporation

Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers

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INTRODUCTION

The purpose of the online grading &

tracking application is to implement a

system for real time grading of the blooms

based on the process signals that are

tracked.

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STEEL MAKING

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STEEL MAKING

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APPLICATION FEATURES

Forward Scheduling

Tracking

Cutting Schedule

Online Grading

Optimization

Extensive Report Generation

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FORWARD SCHEDULING

Creates schedules for casting Based on customer requirements & quality

Optimized with industry standards

Used as an input for the casting process

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TRACKING

Tracks the systems & process signals Based on sequence length

Provides cast specific information

Controls the process with output signals

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CUTTING SCHEDULE

Provides strand wise cutting schedule Updates the cutting process based on signals

Provide manual override options for cutting

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ONLINE GRADING

Establishes grading rules required for a

desired quality Grades the bloom based on the process signals

Automatically downgrades or upgrades the bloom

Provides manual re-grade options

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OPTIMIZATION

Optimizes schedule to obtain the maximum

output for the tonnage cast Automatic trigger of optimization based on process signals

End of cast, changeover, bloom boundary and end of

sequence optimization

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TRENDS & REPORTS

Views the grading trends for the bloom being

cast Monitors the key signals and their effect in real time

Generates data reports on the events and quality

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BUSINESS BENEFITS

Faster turnaround time

Reliability of the process

Real time information from a centralized location

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THANK YOU…THANK YOU…