Industrial AI specialist Petuum is partnering with Pittsburgh based steel industry engineering firm Russula. The two will develop process control solutions for the steel industry based on Petuum’s Deep Learning AI.

Petuum Optimum is an industrial AI system that provides real-time forecasts for key process variables, prescriptive optimal targets for critical variables, and AI-led automation control. Petuum Optimum uses adaptive machine and deep learning AI software that can continuously re-learn and improve production output and quality control in supervised or fully autonomous steer modes.

Petuum and Russula will be working with large global steel manufacturers to leverage Petuum’s Optimum SaaS offering to provide prescient predictions across multiple use cases, starting with hot rolling mills. 

Optimum is cloud-native and built to seamlessly handle data management, advanced AI/ML model training, human machine interface (HMI), and rapid deployment across multiple sites. 

“We are excited to work with Russula to implement our advanced AI led manufacturing capabilities for the steel industry,” said Rob Christenson, GM for Petuum Industrial AI. “As the world recovers from the Covid pandemic and industrial manufacturing gains greater momentum, Petuum’ Industrial AI software is perfectly placed to revolutionise the next generation manufacturing by cutting emissions for a better planet while simultaneously increasing savings and yield optimisation for our steel customers. We look towards a cleaner and better future with this strategic partnership with Russula.” 

“This partnership between Russula and Petuum brings together top-notch engineering implementation with state-of-the-art AI software for steel manufacturing,” said Daniel Sánchez, Director of Operations Russula. As the steel industry moves towards an emissions free future and fully autonomous plants, we believe the co-developed solutions with Petuum is the path forward to develop the next generation of rolling mills. We look forward to collaborating with Petuum to unlock the potential of Artificial Intelligence in steel mills.”