CAM-360
The slab has stopped on the mill, with the beacons on red
Quarter past three in the morning, roughing mill. A glowing slab is sitting still on the rollers, halfway between the furnace and the next stand. The rollers are not turning. The red beacons on the walkway and on the cabinets are lit. An operator in a white helmet is watching the line from the platform, touching nothing. The control pulpit is lit up. IRIS does not know why it stopped: it sees that it stopped, with which product on the line, and since when.
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AI-generated image
What IRIS understands
What it recognises in this scene
- slab stopped on the rollers
- operator watching the line
- red beacon lit
- reheating furnace mouth
- control pulpit
What this camera measures
An alert says something is happening. The reading says how much.
- 6 minTime stopped
- 1Product on the line
- 1People in the bay
- 4Red beacons lit
- 03:12Time 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
hot product has been still on the rollers for more than two minutes
Then
- alert the shift manager with the camera, the time and the point on the line
- save the video of the minute before the stop
- add the stoppage to the shift count with how long it lasted
The instruction that set it up«Tell me if the line sits still for more than two minutes with hot product on it, and keep me the video from just before.»
What changes
What changes for whoever answers for the plant
A stoppage gets written up when somebody remembers, and the time on the sheet is usually the time afterwards. With the camera, the shift manager has the exact minute the rollers stopped turning, the video of the seconds before it, and a picture of the product left inside. That changes two things: maintenance arrives knowing what to look at, and at the end of the month the stoppages can be sorted by cause instead of by memory.
What people usually ask
Does IRIS say why the line stopped?
No. IRIS sees that the line stopped, with which product on it and at what exact time. The cause comes from the plant production system and from the video of the seconds before, which IRIS saves for somebody to look at. IRIS works alongside those systems, not instead of them: it brings the picture and the minute, and the diagnosis is made by the person who knows the machine.
Is a camera any use if the plant already logs its stoppages?
Yes, because they record different things. The plant system notes that there was a stoppage and how long it lasted. The camera shows what could be seen just before: where the product was, who was nearby, which beacons came on first and in what order. That is exactly the part that gets rebuilt from memory in the morning meeting, and the part nobody can show when there is an argument.
Can IRIS stop or restart the line?
No. IRIS does not act on any machine. It alerts, saves the video and adds the stoppage to the shift count. Starting, stopping or locking out is decided by a person following the plant procedure. And what counts as a stoppage, and from how many minutes, is also decided by the plant: IRIS does not write the rules, it applies them and leaves a record of when they were met.
Other cameras
- 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
- CAM-366 · Two coils out of the rack, and the chocks lying on the floor
Simulation · how IRIS works
Everything comes in. Only what matters gets through.
This sums up what IRIS does with one alert, from the moment it appears until it is closed. The real screen holds far more; this is the main thread.
- Checks the whole system
- Flags what is failing
- Puts it on one screen
Next step
What does a shopping centre see beyond the visitor count?
12 cases: 4 raise an alert when something happens and 8 only measure. You see each image as it is, and then with what IRIS understands on top.
What does an airport see before the queue forms?
14 cases: 7 raise an alert when something happens and 7 only measure. You see each image as it is, and then with what IRIS understands on top.
And the best part
The rule does not decide anything.It just never forgets, and it tells the person who decides.
You write once what needs watching, and it holds at three in the morning just as at noon. What to do with the alert is still a person’s decision.
Tell us your problem and we will say whether IRIS understands it, or not yet.
We reply the same working day.