GreeceManufacturing2017 – ongoingTitan Cement Group
AI real-time optimisation of cement production lines
Titan said real-time optimisation algorithms lifted cement plant productivity by up to 10%
Problem
Cement production lines generate data from thousands of sensors, but running a whole line at its best by hand is hard.
Approach
Titan began using standalone optimisation algorithms in 2017 at its Pennsuco plant in the United States. The algorithms optimise the whole production line in real time. By 2021 the method was applied in plants in the USA, Greece, Brazil and Southeastern Europe. The group also built AI forecasting tools for cement production on its big data infrastructure.
Results
Takeaway
Titan tested the optimisers in one US plant first and spread them to other regions over four years.
Categories
- Size
- Large enterprise
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Business function
- Production and quality
- Innovation type
- Process innovation
- AI technology
- OptimizationPredictive analytics and ML
- Adoption
- Partner co-development
- Evidence
- Company's own claim
Sources
Source summaries
The article reports that Titan has used real-time optimisation algorithms since 2017, starting at Pennsuco, and now applies them in the USA, Greece, Brazil and Southeastern Europe. It cites productivity gains of up to 10% and lower energy use and CO2 without giving numbers for those.
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