CSN choose Acoem Sparrow sensors to enhance predictive maintenance in the steel industry

The Challenge

As one of Latin America’s largest steel producers, CSN faces growing pressure to maximize asset reliability and reduce operational risks. Following a first successful project in 2024, which demonstrated a clear ROI and operational improvements, CSN aimed to further enhance its predictive maintenance strategy. Key challenges included:

• Expanding monitoring coverage to critical assets with more than 200 Acoem Sparrow sensors, specifically the drums in their extensive conveyor belt systems.
• Detecting potential failures earlier to prevent unplanned downtime
  
• Integrating new sensors seamlessly with existing FALCON/ MV-x systems
  
• Optimizing maintenance costs and resources at a larger scale

Without further action, these challenges could have limited the benefits of their initial investment and affected overall competitiveness.

The Solution

Building on the success of a first project deployed in 2024, CSN has expanded its condition monitoring strategy with over 200 Acoem Sparrowwireless vibration sensors installed on conveyor belt drums

Combined with their existing FALCON & MV-x system, Sparrow creates an all-in-one solution that provides continuous, wireless monitoring, centralized data collection, and advanced predictive analytics. This integrated approach enables CSN to gain a full picture of asset health across multiple plants.

This expansion was driven by the ROI demonstrated in the initial project, which showed tangible operational improvements and the value of scaling up monitoring coverage.