Big River Steel and Noodle.ai, a San Francisco-based Enterprise Artificial Intelligence company, announced a contract to implement Enterprise AI to optimize operations at Big River Steel’s recently completed $1.3 billion scrap metal recycling and steel production facility in Osceola, Arkansas.
“The AI algorithms will allow the mill to react to production challenges automatically,” Big River Steel said in a statement.
Dave Stickler, CEO of Big River Steel, added that “We are a technology company that just happens to make steel.”
Noodle.ai’s predictive AI engines, configured on its industrial operations platform, The BEAST, will help optimize a vast array of functions throughout the mill. “This mill possesses a rich trove of sensor data for our platform to leverage, allowing us to help unlock breakthrough improvements in areas such as maintenance planning, production line scheduling, logistics operations, and environmental protection,” says Stephen Pratt, CEO of Noodle.ai.
Stickler added, “Our mill is analogous to a driverless car, the first day, the car doesn't know how to drive itself but the more it drives the more it learns,” he said. “The AI algorithms will allow the mill to react to production challenges automatically.”