{"id":53947,"date":"2025-09-04T12:06:47","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T12:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abfstaging21314.live-website.com\/successful-hardware-retrofit-in-brazil\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T10:30:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T10:30:41","slug":"successful-hardware-retrofit-in-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abf.at\/en\/successful-hardware-retrofit-in-brazil\/","title":{"rendered":"Successful Hardware Retrofit in Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"53947\" class=\"elementor elementor-53947 elementor-53263\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a927d5c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2a927d5c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a4d371d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a4d371d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>15 years ago, we carried out the first installation of our <span><i><b style=\"font-weight: bold !important\">OneBase<\/b><\/i><sup><span style=\"font-style: normal !important\">\u00ae<\/span><\/sup><span style=\"font-style: normal !important\">MFT<\/span><\/span> <strong>transport control system<\/strong> in a slab yard in Brazil. The slabs are taken from the <strong>Primetals<\/strong><strong>Technologies <\/strong>continuous casting plant and tracked in the warehouse by the ABF system. In cooperation with a <strong>PSI Software Warehouse Management<\/strong> solution, all slab transports are controlled via the transport control system.  <\/p><p>Even then, we combined the software solution on cranes and ground vehicles with <strong>robust positioning and sensor technology<\/strong> for seamless material tracking. 15 years of reliable operation &#8211; and the system continues to impress to this day! <\/p><p>Last year, 11 heavy-duty ground vehicles were already upgraded to a high-precision <strong>RTK GNSS<\/strong> from <strong>Septentrio<\/strong>. Now our colleagues <strong>Michael and Siegi<\/strong> were back on site and, as part of the <strong>retrofit<\/strong>, successfully brought the <strong>Symeo LPR<\/strong>\u00ae (Local Positioning Radar) <strong>and Siemens PLC components on 4 cranes<\/strong> up to the latest state of the art. <\/p><p>What makes us particularly proud:<br>\u2714 <strong>Longevity<\/strong> \u2013 our solutions are not only innovative but also sustainable in operation.<br>\u2714 <strong>Future-proofness<\/strong> \u2013 thanks to the retrofit, the system remains technically at a top level.<br>\u2714 <strong>Expertise<\/strong> \u2013 our colleagues are true experts in the field of transport vehicle positioning and sensor technology.<\/p><p>This sensor-supported control system solution is still considered a flagship project within the group &#8211; a success story spanning many years.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-148c3ba8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"148c3ba8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/abf.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/brasilien_hero_img1-1536x1536-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536 wp-image-53949\" alt=\"brasilien_hero_img1-1536\u00d71536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abf.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/brasilien_hero_img1-1536x1536-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/abf.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/brasilien_hero_img1-1536x1536-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/abf.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/brasilien_hero_img1-1536x1536-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/abf.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/brasilien_hero_img1-1536x1536-1-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>15 years ago, we carried out the first installation of our transport control system in a slab yard in Brazil. 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