As a part of its strategic road map for factory digitalization and Industry 4.0, Nucor Steel recently chose QMOS as the standard MES solution for all its bar mill facilities. Quad Infotech has started the implementation of QMOS for Nucor Auburn, in Auburn, NY and Nucor Kankakee, in Kankakee, IL. Both plants will implement the complete suite of QMOS functions …
APEX Digital Factory 3.0 for iOS is now available
The APEX Digital Factory 3.0 for iOS is now available for download on the App Store. Many enhancements are provided in this latest version based on the feedback of our users. The apex app enables users to have access to all their channels and reports on their iPhones or iPads anytime, anywhere. The alarm notifications will inform the users of …
APEX Digital Factory 10.0 is on its way!
Quad Infotech is releasing APEX Digital Factory 10.0 with a wide range of new features and enhancements. A large amount of attention was especially paid to the mobility features in the latest version which includes a completely revamped APEX iOS app. The APEX users have now unprecedented access to all their reports and information via their iPhones or iPads. Some …
Development of a model for Alloy Calculation and integration with level 2 systems
Quad Infotech is completing a development of an Alloy Calculator optimization tool. The new tool provides a real time optimization built on a complex model to calculate the optimum alloy requirement based on the chemical and physical requirement, alloy cost and material availability. The seamless integration of the optimization tool with QMOS enables the user to validate the recommended alloy …
Roll Shop Management for iPad is now available
Quad Infotech has completed the roll out of the iOS version of its Roll Shop management system. The new app enables the users and operators great mobility to move around the shop floor while having full access to their roll inventory via their iPads. This level of freedom will allow for a more accurate and effective management of the physical …
QMOS Bundle Management activities are now on iPad
Quad Infotech has release the Bundle Management app for the iOS platform. With this app, the users can report all physical inspections of the bundles on the spot from the shop floor. The user can enter a range of bundle tags by either entering the tag number or scanning the bar code via the iPad camera. The user can then …
Quad Infotech has completed commissioning of QMOS MES system at Gerdau’s Midlothian plant
Quad Infotech has completed the commissioning of the QMOS MES, APEX Reporting application, Manufacturing Intelligence tool (MI), and QMOS iOS App at Gerdau’s Midlothian, Texas facility. The Midlothian plant is a large facility, equipped with two Electric Arc Furnaces (EAF), ladle refining stations, and three casters feeding three rolling mills. The rolling mills produce long large section, medium section structural …
Quad Infotech has started its implementation of QMOS MES system at Gerdau’s Midlothian plant
Quad Infotech has begun implementation activities at Gerdau’s Midlothian, Texas facility. The Midlothian plant is a large facility, equipped with two Electric Arc Furnaces (EAF), ladle refining stations, and three casters feeding three rolling mills. The rolling mills produce long large section, medium section structural and long bar products. QMOS will play an essential role in addressing the challenges of …
Quad Infotech has completed the commissioning of QMOS MES at the Gerdau Petersburg plant
Quad Infotech has completed the commissioning of the QMOS MES at Gerdau’s large section plant at Petersburg, Virginia. QMOS receives all orders from SAP and is responsible for scheduling, production tracking and monitoring of the entire production line from scrap charging, melting and casting all the way to rolling, bundling and downstream operations. QMOS also covers all the setup and …
Quad Infotech has completed its implementation of QMOS, APEX and MI at the Gerdau Jackson, MI plant
Quad Infotech Inc. has successfully completed the implementation of its QMOS MES system at the Gerdau Specialty Steel at Jackson, Michigan. QMOS covers scheduling, tracking and monitoring of the operation of their dual EAF melt shop, liquid steel refining, vacuum degassing, casting as well as the direct-charging process of billets all the way to the hot rolling and off-line operations. …