Mi.DA. 4.0: Endless casting and rolling process empowered by digital technologies

Mi.DA., or ‘Micro-mill Danieli’, has been in industrial operation since 2009. Its benefits in terms of cost reduction and operating efficiency are well documented. Over the last decade there has been an incredible development of information and communications technologies as the availability and speed of mobile internet connections has constantly increased. These changes are not only influencing our way of life, but will also affect the way we work, and are often referred to as Industry 4.0, where new technologies will increasingy blur the lines between the physical and digital worlds.