A strategic Lever to Boost Industrial Performance
As a platinium partner of CODRA, A2SI recently supported BEFESA Valera Gravelines - a site specializing in recycling residues from stainless steel production - in implementing a key industrial digitalization project.
Why choose a MES solution with COOX?
An MES allows real-time production monitoring, offering better control over industrial performance. Using CODRA's COOX platform, A2SI designed a customized application to collect, centralize, and analyse production data in a detailed and actionable way.
Concrete and measurable results
The result of 500 hours of work, this project enabled A2SI to strengthen its expertise in MES and OEE analysis.
For the client, the benefits are immediate:
- Zero accidents during the entire intervention
- Clear and immeditely usable key indicators
- Proactive maintenance: interventions scheduled in advance
- Reduced losses: critical failures identified and corrective actions implemented
A2SI deploys the COOX Solution
At the heart of this project is the Briquetting Workshop, responsible for transforming metallurgical dust into reusable ingots for the steel industry. To improve the efficiency of this workshop, BEFESA Valera entrusted A2SI with developing a dedicated MES (Manufacturing Execution System) application with the COOX software to monitor Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).
Project objectives:
- Real-time monitoring of performance indicators
- Analysis of downtime and scrap causes
- Precise identification of failures (frequency and duration)
- Reduction of the most impactful downtimes
- Proactive maintenance planning
- User-friendly interface with quick adoption
- Comprehensive documentation to ensure team engagement
A significant step forward for the Briquetting Workshop
The briquetting process includes several key steps:
- Humidifying metallurgical dust
- Molding and compacting the briquettes
- Cooling, stabilization, then storage and shipping
Before implementing the MES solution, it was difficult to accurately measure downtimes, production losses and malfunction sources. Now, teams have a powerful tool to manage operations, analyze deviations, and implement correctives actions.
This project perfectly illustrates A2SI's ability to support industrial players in their digital transition and the optimization of their production tools.
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