Russia’s leading steelmaker NLMK has rolled out a wireless 5G network at its main production site in Lipetsk in Russia. The network enables speeding up and boosting the performance of existing digital solutions. Down the line, it will support direct interaction between units of equipment and boost the self-sufficiency of production process management.The new network is able to support the connection of up to 1 million devices per square kilometer and process data at a speed of up to 1 GB per second, which is more than 100 times faster than 4G networks. High signal speed and reliability enable gathering and analyzing data instantaneously, and therefore adjusting equipment operations automatically in real time.The 5G network is coupled with EDGE computing, a technology that brings computation and data storage closer to the sources of data – sensors or other digital devices installed on the equipment – instead of using remote servers. This ensures a greater speed and digital service autonomy.The 5G network at NLMK Lipetsk works in conjunction with the Company’s own digital platform, a software complex that sorts sets of data on equipment operations and makes them available to the users. This facilitates the development and launch of new digital products.
Russia’s leading steelmaker NLMK has rolled out a wireless 5G network at its main production site in Lipetsk in Russia. The network enables speeding up and boosting the performance of existing digital solutions. Down the line, it will support direct interaction between units of equipment and boost the self-sufficiency of production process management.The new network is able to support the connection of up to 1 million devices per square kilometer and process data at a speed of up to 1 GB per second, which is more than 100 times faster than 4G networks. High signal speed and reliability enable gathering and analyzing data instantaneously, and therefore adjusting equipment operations automatically in real time.The 5G network is coupled with EDGE computing, a technology that brings computation and data storage closer to the sources of data – sensors or other digital devices installed on the equipment – instead of using remote servers. This ensures a greater speed and digital service autonomy.The 5G network at NLMK Lipetsk works in conjunction with the Company’s own digital platform, a software complex that sorts sets of data on equipment operations and makes them available to the users. This facilitates the development and launch of new digital products.
