ABB Ability Data Analytics for metals

ABB Ability Data Analytics Platform is a digital solution designed for iron, steel and other metals manufacturing organisations that helps them to visualise every piece of data across the value chain, so they can make real time decisions on planning and plant-wide operations.

ABB Ability Data Analytics collects, analyses and visualises data from a variety of subsystems and devices within a metals plant, harnessing large volumes of complex data and integrating operations technology (OT) and information technology (IT) in a single platform. Fully scalable, secure and vendor neutral, it can be connected to any ABB or third-party systems and devices. By breaking down data silos and increasing information transparency, ABB Ability Data Analytics is designed to help organisations take the essential steps towards realising fully digitalised plants.

Specific features provide an integrated view of operations in real time via powerful, high-resolution dashboards. With either on-premises or cloud connectivity, this centralised platform solution allows for better planning and process control through the continuous monitoring of production data, downtime, and movement of heats and raw materials as examples. Analysis of complex, large data across timeframes and facilities provides opportunities to improve quality, identify bottlenecks and optimise the plant-wide resourcing of utilities, by-product gases and production. It can be used when applying new technologies such as machine learning, or to optimise specific process areas such as cold rolling and long product mills.