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Our technological competence
and the performance
of our automation products
were made plain to visitors
walking through a virtual rolling
mill. This impressive display was
put together with the help of the
Ars Electronica Center from Austria,
the world’s leading development lab for computer animation
and museum for computer art.
In interactive operating mode,
the HYBREX plant simulation
tool was used to represent a
six-stand hot rolling mill, whose
stands arose from the floor of a
production hall before the visitor’s
eyes. Next, hot strip was
rolled in this virtual mill under
different production conditions,
giving the viewer an opportunity
for close inspection of individual
mechanical components and to
change process parameters with
the help of the simulation.
The model, in conjunction with
sophisticated projection technology,
supported interactive,
unrestricted navigation throughout
the entire production site.
Additionally, virtual reality made
possible something that is very
complicated in real life: the testing
Siemens microstructure monitor
(patent pending) in strip production.
True to its purpose, the virtual
rolling mill documented Siemens
technological capability in rolling
mills and processing lines, coupled
with an openness toward
new approaches in communicating
this capability to fair
visitors.
Several VIP tours brought
notable representatives of the
Chinese steel processing industry,
as well as the Secretary of the
Metallurgy Ministry, into direct
and convincing contact with
the performance capability of
Siemens technology.
Concurrent to the Metals and
Metallurgy fair, the international
STEEL 2000 conference took
place with, among other tech-nical
papers, remarks on “Trends
and Innovations in the Metals
Industry,” delivered by Siemens
ATD Group President Konrad
Pernstich.
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