
AFRY, a pioneer in engineering, design, and advising services in Europe, has decided to help reduce the climate footprint of aluminium production for Hydro Extrusion Sweden by using Artificial Intelligence (AI). The goal of using artificial intelligence to evaluate production data is to decrease waste, improve quality, and, most importantly, minimize the environmental impact.

For Hydro to receive AI-supported process insights, AFRY has examined old and new production data. Sustainable production targets may be more swiftly attained thanks to AI's role in process optimization.
"AI gives us the ability to support our manufacturing process by recommending production settings for specific products in advance, to minimize cassation. Had Hydro had the insight we now have, thanks to this project, we would have started this work much earlier”, said Jonas Bjuhr, CEO of Hydro.

The project is moving on to the next stage, which involves optimising the process parameters. This will result in less material, better quality, a more effective process, cheaper manufacturing costs, and a smaller environmental impact.
“We are on our way to getting a unique recipe that shows how all parameters should be optimally set for each unique product to be as good as possible”, said Mats Borneling, AI project manager at Hydro Extrusion Sweden AB.
AI and industrial IoT are effective instruments for boosting the manufacturing sector's competitiveness. In the continuing initiative, which began in 2021, AFRY helps Hydro use AI to analyse production data. The objective is to develop a more automated production where choices are made based on data with the aid of AI. Customers may improve their manufacturing processes to achieve sustainability goals more swiftly by using AI in the heavy industries sector.
“At AFRY, we have specialized in pursuing digitalization and AI projects because it is one of the solutions to a more sustainable future in all sectors of society. The project has delivered significant value and shown clear future potential", said Lukas Karlsson, Data Scientist and Technical Lead of the project at AFRY.
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