Energy – primarily electric power and fossil fuels – is a significant cost factor in the metal industry. This means that it also offers an opportunity to save costs. In this context, a sustained energy management is the key to identifying and exploiting optimization potentials.
Our Energy Management Portal offers a practical solution. All energy consumptions of a steel plant or rolling mill are collected across all factory locations, visualized and evaluated. Significant drivers are assessed online and in real time in the form of Key Performance Indicators. However, costs alone do not yet provide the basis for the smoothing and balancing of peak loads. The integration with the MES and ERP levels ensures that production planning is also fully included in the considerations. Easy access to the information is ensured by the online screen display, via a Web client or in comprehensive reports.
Based on the collected data, we offer comprehensive energy management services that are customized for the individual areas of the factory in order to fully optimize the energy flows.
The advantages of the solution are wide-ranging. The online monitoring and prediction of energy consumptions provides cost transparency and forms the basis for savings. This enables you to avoid the purchase of expensive energy, to comply with government regulations or to benefit from future emissions trading. Last but not least, this creates the foundation for real, sustained optimizations – up to and including the realization of purchasing benefits through transparent information.