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How One Steel Mill Cut Scrap Waste 60 Percent With One Camera
Steel mills have a scrap problem: every ton of rejected steel is money and energy down the drain. In this episode of The Operator's Manual, Lucas and Luna dig into a single camera-based inspection system that helped one minimill cut scrap output by 60 percent in under six months. The trick wasn't a fancy AI overhaul—it was putting one simple thermal camera at the right point in the caster line and giving operators a real-time visual cue they could act on. Lucas walks through the anatomy of the fix, from the sensor placement to the color-coded alert that changed how the crew…
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