SMARTCrane, a Fives’ Digital Solution for Aluminium Production Optimization

Pot tending machines (PTM) play a vital role in supporting the aluminium reductionAluminium reduction process. The intelligent monitoring system SMARTCrane allows real-time monitoring of key equipment parameters and compliance with predefined operationOperation sequences, thus ensuring optimal and repeatable production. This intelligent monitoring system, thanks to its ability to operate precisely and instantaneously, contributes to a significant decrease in performance variations and improves the stability of operationsOperation. With SMARTCrane, operationsOperation can maintain high repeatability in their jobs, reducing performance fluctuations and minimizing production losses, and maintenance can improve efficiency by anticipating their activities. Real-time collected data and predictive models enable proactive monitoring and continuous optimization of pot parameters. SMARTCrane is a result of close cooperation between aluminiumAluminium producers and FivesFives engineers. Utilizing the equipment knowledge among FivesFives engineers, on specific crane features such as lifting devices, compressors, or insulation monitoring devices, the system can process the data and issue automatic alerts. In this paper we focus on SMARTCrane used on PTM, however, FivesFives deployed it also on FurnaceFurnace Tending Assemblies (FTA). In conclusion, SMARTCrane offers an innovative approach to improve the efficiency and stability of aluminiumAluminium production operationsOperation.