GEC NEWS WIREIn a step towards digitalising the future of Egyptian industry, Siemens announced it has signed a contract with Al Ezz Dekheila Steel Company, Alexandria to deploy the company’s digital industrial solutions across EZDK’s diverse steel production assets. Under the agreement, Siemens will provide EZDK with Siemens’ Drive Train Analytics system along with medium voltage motors, marking the first deployment of Drive Train Analytics in the Middle East.
To maintain its leading competitive position as one of the largest steel producers in the Middle East region, EZDK is working to leverage the opportunities offered by digitalisation and innovations in data analytics and automation, to strengthen the company’s position and pave the way for developing new technologies and products.
The amount of data available for metal production has increased exponentially in recent years. Today, steel manufacturers strive to reduce operating risk and improve reliability at the lowest sustainable cost, by predicting and preventing asset failures
Siemens Drive Train Analytics is a comprehensive solution that helps solve these challenges by providing condition monitoring, predictive maintenance, root cause analysis and inspection. The data-driven solutions also facilitate the development of asset strategies that maximise reliability and availability, minimise risk and cost and dramatically reduce unplanned downtime by predicting equipment issues before they occur.
As a cloud-based solution, Drive Train Analytics uses continuously improving algorithms designed to help equipment operators have full transparency of their assets to increase reliability and availability, minimise costs and reduce operational risk, as well as decrease spending on unnecessary and unplanned maintenance.
In addition, Drive Train Analytics is designed to be connected to Siemens’ cloud-based, open operating system for the Internet of Things IoT, MindSphere. MindSphere connects physical products, plants, systems and machines to the digital world, harnessing the wealth of data generated by the IoT with advanced analytics.
Sayed Ibrahim, Direct Reduction Division Director of EZDK, said: “Egypt is looking into the deployment of new technology and digitalising the industrial landscape in the country. We are committed to the development of the Egyptian metal sector, as a major pillar of the Egyptian economy. Our contract with Siemens is an important step and we look forward to working together to develop and utilise the latest digital solutions for our industry.”
“As the Middle East continues to develop a strengthened industrial sector, digitalisation is the differentiator which will ensure competitiveness in a global marketplace,” said Uwe Troeger, Senior Executive Vice President of Digital Factory and Industries and Drives Divisions, Siemens. “Digitalised industry can innovate faster, produce more for less and at a higher quality.”
Key takeaways
Strategy
- EZDK is working to leverage the opportunities offered by digitalisation in data analytics and automation.
- The amount of data available for metal production has increased exponentially in recent years.
Execution
- Data-driven solutions facilitate development of asset strategies that maximise reliability and availability.
- Drive Train Analytics uses improving algorithms to help equipment operators have transparency of their assets.
- Drive Train Analytics is designed to be connected to Siemens’ IoT operating system MindSphere.
Cost
- Steel manufacturers strive to improve reliability at lowest cost by preventing asset failures.
