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Case study · Steel manufacturing · United States
A full-plant digital twin for a greenfield steel facility.
A desktop application that represents the production flow from the scrap yard to finished goods and connects optimized 3D models with real operational data.
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Full plant · Real operational data · Desktop
CoverageEntire production flow
Duration12 months
Axyz team3 specialists
Core stackUnity 3D · .NET · Redis
The challenge
Build a digital representation while the physical plant was still being constructed.
The solution needed to evolve with the facility and bring the main stages of steel production into one visual environment while maintaining desktop performance.
- Scrap yard
- Electric arc furnace
- Continuous casting
- Rolling mill
- Finished goods warehouse
The solution
End-to-end ownership from CAD preparation to deployment.
Axyz delivered the complete digital twin pipeline, integrating visual assets, application logic and operational connectivity.
- CAD-to-mesh conversion for real-time use
- Geometry, texture and performance optimization
- Complete Unity 3D environment
- .NET communication libraries and drivers
- Operational data consumed through Redis
- Configurable foundation for continued evolution
- Desktop application deployment
Data represented
A shared 3D context for equipment, materials and plant movement.
Crane movements across process areas.
Equipment operating states.
Materials available in storage.
Robots, vehicles and moving assets.
CCTV cameras integrated into the experience.
Two experiences, one solution
Operational visibility and executive communication.
The same environment supports internal understanding of the process and a visual introduction for customers and suppliers.
The application presents the industrial process and multiple asset states using real plant information.
The experience is also used in reception to communicate the scale and operation of the facility.
The project demonstrates coverage of an entire operation rather than one isolated machine.
Following delivery, the application continued to receive performance improvements.
What this demonstrates
Industrial 3D, integration and remote delivery in one project.
- Real-time 3D connected with operational data
- Complete pipeline from CAD to optimized application
- Remote delivery for a U.S. industrial operation
- Configurable architecture that supports improvement
- Cross-functional software and industrial context
Your operation
Do you need to visualize a complex industrial process with real data?
Axyz builds custom digital twins for monitoring, simulation and process communication.