Metals & Foundries

Make every heat cycle profitable

CVector analyzes melt-shop operations and output economics across every batch and shift to create prioritized, dollar-scored recommendations for plant teams.

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Benefits

Align every heat with plant performance and margin

Compare the economic impact of each heat plan

CVector evaluates scrap mix, alloy additions, labor, electricity, yield loss, and output pricing together so operators can see which heat plan protects margin.

Act as feedstock, power, and output prices shift

Real-time plant and market context helps teams revisit heat sequencing, production routing, and timing decisions before opportunities are missed.

Capture operator expertise across shift changes

Recommendation history captures the context behind scrap, quality, and diversion decisions, so plant expertise compounds with each shift.

Solutions

Four CVector solutions for metals and foundries

CVector helps metals and foundries teams improve per-heat economics, manage power exposure, and catch quality or equipment issues before costs compound downstream.

Recommendation LIVE Scored Impact +$18K EXTERNAL SIGNALS PLANT TELEMETRY APPLICATION DATA

Plant Margin Optimization

Optimize scrap mix, alloy additions, electricity, labor, and finished-output economics per heat.

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15 MW Realtime Power PRICE SPIKE 18:00-21:00 RAMP DOWN SUGGESTED

Industrial Energy Management

Sequence heats against day-ahead and real-time LMP curves to reduce peak-power and demand-charge exposure.

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2 min ago Compressor vibration UPTIME AT RISK $184K 12 min ago Heat-rate drift FOULING $62K

Asset Health Intelligence

Detect furnace, electrode, refractory, thermal, and quality anomalies early enough to change the heat plan.

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LIVE Pipeline Flow Forecast v2.1 · 42 runs in last 2 days LIVE DR Bid Optimizer v1.2 · 18 runs in last 2 days

Custom Model Integration

Bring trusted legacy models into an AI-native harness that integrates plant data and learns operator expertise.

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Impact

Measurable impact across per-heat margin, waste, throughput, and quality

Recommendations are dollar-scored against heat plans, power exposure, and quality risk, so operators can see which action protects margin before the next step.

4-8%
Per-heat margin improvement
Through real-time scrap-mix, electricity, and labor optimization
10-20%
Reduction in scrap waste and off-spec heats
Through mid-heat quality prediction and diversion
3-5%
Additional heats per operating period
Via reduced cycle time and tighter, more reliable scheduling
20-35%
Reduction in quality deviations and downstream rework
Through real-time diversion and process correction notifications
Product

Turn every heat into a dollar-scored operating decision

CVector continuously analyzes melt-shop data, market conditions, equipment behavior, and quality risk to create prioritized recommendations with a full audit trail for plant teams.

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Testimonials

Built in partnership with industrial leaders.

Tristan Gilbert
CTO, Ammobia
"Our partnership with CVector gives us the analytical capabilities of a much larger company at a fraction of the cost and headcount."
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