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Complete Rolling Mill Automation

Rolling Mills
& Steel
Automation

From EAF meltshop to finished coil — Robin delivers complete automation, MES, and energy management for steel and metals manufacturers. Every process, every system, unified on a single intelligent platform.

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Rolling Mill Projects
OEE+35%
Average Improvement
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Level 0–4 Integration

Industry Challenges

The Problems We
Solve in Rolling Mills & Steel

Every industry has unique operational challenges. Robin's solutions are engineered for the realities of your environment.

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Data Silos

Production, quality, energy, and maintenance data live in separate systems. No unified view means management decisions are delayed and based on incomplete information.

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Energy Cost Pressure

Steel manufacturing is energy-intensive. Without real-time sub-metering and ISO 50001 management, energy costs are uncontrolled and opportunities for reduction are invisible.

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Unplanned Downtime

Unexpected failures of drives, bearings, and hydraulics cause costly unplanned outages. Reactive maintenance culture erodes OEE and makes production schedules unreliable.

Robin Solutions

Purpose-Built Solutions
for Rolling Mills & Steel

A complete portfolio of automation, intelligence, and integration solutions designed for your specific industry requirements.

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Complete Rolling Mill SCADA

Integrated SCADA platform monitoring and controlling all rolling mill drives, roll gap actuators, cooling systems, and coiler — with real-time speed and tension cascades.

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SmartPlant360 MES

Purpose-built metals MES — billet tracking, heat scheduling, quality holdback, roll pass design, and production reporting integrated with SAP.

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Reheating Furnace Optimization

AI-driven furnace combustion optimization — minimizing fuel consumption while maintaining precise billet soak temperatures for consistent rolling quality.

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Energy Management (EnerView)

Sub-metering and ISO 50001-aligned energy management for rolling mills — tracking electricity, natural gas, compressed air, and cooling water per tonne of steel.

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Predictive Maintenance

ML-based predictive maintenance for rolling mill bearings, drives, and hydraulic systems — predicting failures 2–4 weeks ahead to enable planned maintenance.

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Barcoding & Traceability

Full billet-to-coil traceability — heat number, chemistry, process parameters, and quality results linked to every finished product with barcode and QR scanning.

Proven Results

Deployed. Measured.
Delivered.

Real outcomes from Robin deployments in Rolling Mills & Steel environments.

Steel Manufacturer

Hot Rolling Mill — Full Platform Deployment

Deployed complete Robin platform across a 1.2M tonne/year hot rolling mill — SmartPlant360 MES, Ignition SCADA, EnerView EMS, and predictive maintenance AI.

OEE improved 71%→89%, energy cost down 28%
Metals

Meltshop EAF Modernization

Replaced legacy relay-based EAF control with modern PLC/SCADA — heat tracking, electrode regulation, and chemistry integration with MES.

Heat time reduced 22%, yield improved 1.8%
Steel Group

Multi-Site MES Rollout

Deployed SmartPlant360 across 3 rolling mills in 14 weeks — unified production reporting, group-level OEE dashboard, and SAP integration.

100% manual reporting eliminated across all sites
Rolling Mill

Reheating Furnace AI

AI combustion optimization deployed on 3 walking beam furnaces — adaptive fuel-air ratio control based on billet temperature feedback and production schedule.

Natural gas consumption reduced 19% — SAR 3.2M annual saving
Rolling Mills & Steel Specialists

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from Furnace to Finished Product?

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