On March 21st, Zenith Special Steel's sintering plant 5G+ intelligent material yard was officially launched. It's reported that the sintering material yard plays a crucial role as the 'granary' in the steel industry, transporting various raw materials totaling up to 40,000 tons daily. With the development trend of 'Industry 4.0' and '5G+ intelligent manufacturing', Zenith Steel Group initiated the intelligent upgrading project of the material yard in 2023, comprehensively applying technologies such as intelligent control and 3D laser scanning. This transformation realizes the digital transformation of Zenith's material yard, establishing a domestically and internationally leading smart material yard that is environmentally friendly and energy-saving, with intelligent stacking and retrieval equipment, intelligent process operation, and visualized data management.

The scope of this project mainly involves Zenith's 550 material yard, 180 material yard, coke material yard, triangular material yard, and other regions. Utilizing 5G network coverage of millions of square meters, it achieves real-time preview of on-site vehicle-mounted high-definition videos, with control signal transmission within milliseconds. Meanwhile, combined with industry-leading intelligent means such as 3D scanning and radar collision avoidance, the project completes the intelligent upgrade of 15 large-scale stacking and retrieval equipment and 14 heavy-duty unloading trucks.