CAM-369
A fireball over the ladle, and the bay is emptying
Dusk in the casting bay. A fireball rises off the ladle throwing sparks, and a column of black smoke climbs to the roof. The floor is wet and reflects the flame. On the right, a large group in hi-vis and helmets has pulled back into the yard and watches from a distance. Bottom left, another six stand behind the walkway railing. There is nobody left next to the ladle.
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AI-generated image
What IRIS understands
What it recognises in this scene
- fireball over the ladle
- column of black smoke
- casting ladle
- staff pulled back into the yard
- workers behind the walkway railing
What this camera measures
An alert says something is happening. The reading says how much.
- 35 sTime since the first flame
- 22People in the frame
- 6People on the walkway
- 1Vehicles inside the bay
- 20:47Time of the alert
The figures on this screen are an example from the illustration, not any client's measurement.
The rule
You decide once. IRIS applies it always.
If
flame or black smoke appears in the casting bay
Then
- alert the control room and the emergency lead with the camera and the time
- save the video from the minute before the first flame
- show which cameras in the bay still have people in frame
The instruction that set it up«Alert me the moment there is flame or black smoke in the casting bay, and tell me which cameras still have people in them.»
What changes
What changes for whoever answers for the plant
In a bay like this, the first warning usually comes over the radio and depends on who happened to be looking. With the camera it goes out as soon as the flame appears, with the point, the time and video from before it started. And while it lasts, the supervisor can see which cameras still have people in them and which are clear. That is what you need to organise the head count without walking down into the bay to check.
What people usually ask
Does it alert sooner than a fire detector?
It depends where the fire is. A ceiling detector needs the smoke to reach it; a camera sees the flame as soon as it enters the frame, at whatever height. In a casting bay, with high roofs and hot air all the time, that difference shows. That said, the camera does not replace the fire detection system: it adds the picture and the minute, and works alongside what is already installed.
Won’t it trigger every time there are sparks from a cast?
No, if the rule is written properly. A casting bay has flame and sparks as its normal state, and the plant marks on the image where and when that is expected. IRIS alerts when fire appears outside those points, or when it lasts longer than a cast lasts. That rule is written by the plant with its own people; it does not come preset, and it is tuned over the first few weeks.
Does IRIS count the people who have evacuated?
It counts the people it sees in each frame, and that already helps: it says which cameras still have someone in them and which do not. It is not a list of names or a headcount of the workforce, because IRIS does not identify anyone. The official count at the muster point is done by the emergency organisation; the camera tells them where to look first, which in the first few minutes is exactly what is missing.
Other cameras
- CAM-360 · The slab has stopped on the mill, with the beacons on red
- CAM-361 · The ladle stream has missed and molten metal is running across the floor
- CAM-362 · Snow and closed drums in the basket, still hanging over the furnace
- CAM-363 · The basket has been loaded from four different bays
- CAM-364 · Somebody is walking the aisle while the full ladle is moving
- CAM-365 · A coil is passing right over a worker
See it for yourself
We won't just tell you. We'll show you.
It is a summary of the real screen: it plays by itself, step by step, and shows only the path of one case. The actual tool has far more than fits in here.
- You ask
- IRIS searches
- It shows you
Next step
Who sees the sales that never reach the till?
10 cases: 4 raise an alert when something happens and 6 only measure. You see each image as it is, and then with what IRIS understands on top.
Who is watching when the load swings over somebody?
11 cases: 9 raise an alert when something happens and 2 only measure. You see each image as it is, and then with what IRIS understands on top.
And the best part
Ten cameras or four thousand:not one of them goes unwatched.
The day IRIS starts, they all start: the ten in a school or the four thousand in a whole network. And it only raises its hand when the thing you asked for happens.
Tell us your problem and we will say whether IRIS understands it, or not yet.
We reply the same working day.