TPi March 2019

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Kemppi and SSAB join forces in digitalising welding production information

improves welding quality, saves time and reduces the repair rate. The WeldEye/SmartSteel integration streamlines the welding process, as the necessary base material information is quickly and easily available to the welders. Following the successful pilot, SSAB customers who are already using Kemppi’s WeldEye software can get automatic material information from the SmartSteel cloud. New partners are also able to contact SSAB in order to start developing new services around SmartSteel. Kemppi Oy – Finland www.kemppi.com SSAB AB – Sweden

directly to welding equipment through its own cloud-based software solution for welding management, WeldEye. Collecting welding documentation is time-consuming. Documents have to be collected from different source systems, and documenting the welding process is performed manually. WeldEye strives to make the process smoother by collecting welding parameters digitally from workstations, and by adjusting the welding equipment according to digital welding procedure specifications (dWPS). To automate the process one step further, SSAB now offers its SmartSteel data through an interface to be used in the process. Experience has shown that the digitalisation of welding-related operative and administrative tasks

Welding digitalisation pioneer Kemppi and global steel company SSAB have integrated their cloud-based WeldEye and SmartSteel platforms to streamline base material information handling in welding production. The results of the successful pilot are now available for all companies that are currently using both digital platforms. SSAB SmartSteel is a cloud-based platform that stores all the data related to steel, from its manufacturing to delivery, processing, use and recycling. By scanning a unique identity code on the steel plate, base material information and material certificates are easily available in digital format. Kemppi has been working with SSAB’s API (application programming interface) in automating SmartSteel data transfer

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