5G technologies provide new vigor to China’s iron and steel industry

Integration of 5G technologies in the industrial internet sector has improved the quality and efficiency of China’s iron and steel industry by several notches, especially through the use of big data-based functions such as remote control, collaborative operations, and troubleshooting.
Wuhan Iron and Steel Co. Ltd., a steelmaker in Wuhan, has been one of the companies which successfully leveraged 5G technologies to improve its production processes. Today, the company has a complete set of equipment with advanced production processes for coking, ironing, steel making and steel rolling, among others. Wu Xiaodi, executive director of Wuhan Iron and Steel, said they have successfully shifted to intelligent manufacturing operations during the past four years.
“Besides real-time monitoring, the management system enables human-machine dialogue and allows workers to give orders to machines. Intelligent logistics and scheduling systems have helped improve the overall level of intelligence. During this process, much of the work previously done by people has been replaced by automation or drone. The advanced tech also came in handy for combating the spread of the pandemic,” he said.
According to Wu, the shift has given the steelmaker increased confidence in normal production and pandemic prevention and control. – CGTN