Tenova signed a strategic agreement with BM S.p.A for robotics, with the aim to enhance steel plants’ performances and workers’ safety.
Improvement of the safety level on the workplace and reduction of the length of the productive cycle: these are the primary objectives of the agreement for the implementation and sale of robotics solutions for steel plants, concluded between Tenova and Polytec Robotics – worldwide leader in robotics solutions for the metals industry, brand of BM S.p.A.
Thanks to the collaboration with Polytec Robotics, Tenova moves forward in the development of key technologies of the so-called “fourth industrial revolution”, with the goal to be leader in Industry 4.0 solutions for the metals industry.
Thanks to its high technological standards, PolyTEN is a range of solutions that allow steelmakers to increase safety in the furnace area, combining improvements in productivity and cost reduction.
Within the PolyTEN collection, PolyEye Beesafe is a state-of-the-art anthropomorphic robot – part of Tenova technological platform called “No Man on the Floor” – which was designed to enable the full operation of the furnace without workers on the field. PolyEye Beesafe makes possible to view the inside of the furnace and conduct a thorough inspection to identify potential malfunctions and facilitate predictive maintenance interventions.
Thus, the advantages of the offered solutions concern operations: enhancement of the safety level for operators; improvement of working conditions; increase in production capacity and plant reliability; and optimization of production process activities.
“The speed at which the 4.0 revolution is entering the metals industry is such that, only through collaborations between excellent partners – as I believe to be the case of Tenova and BM S.p.A. – it is possible to react promptly and effectively to manufacturers’ new needs Polytec Robotics brand is the result of years of investment in R&D projects and of our technical teams’ intensive work. The Artificial Intelligence systems that we project and implement in our industrial robots represent a new tool available to manufacturers in order to gather objective productivity data, fundamental for process analysis and enhancement. This approach is part of the continuous improvement and optimization that the current competitive market demands. We are proud to make available our know-how also to Tenova’s customers”
BM Group Holding S.p.A. Sales Director and Partner
“Plant safety and continuous innovation are two top priorities for Tenova. Technologies 4.0 like robotics allow our customers to increase productivity and be more competitive, without giving up on safety, but, on the contrary, increasing it, this partnership with BM S.p.A. is part of the path towards digital transformation that Tenova has embraced these years, also thanks to important collaborations, first of all the partnership with Microsoft”
Sales & Marketing and Regional Initiatives Manager in Tenova
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