The companies reinforce their long-standing collaboration to upgrade roll grinders, combining process expertise and roll shop solutions with Siemens’ advanced CNC automation, based on Sinumerik One, to improve efficiency, reliability, and machine performance
Pomini Tenova and Siemens, a global leader in industrial automation and digitalization through its Siemens Digital Industry business, have strengthened their strategic partnership to deliver roll grinder revamping and modernization solutions.
This collaboration builds on over 40 years of joint engineering experience and nearly 1,000 Pomini Tenova roll grinders already equipped with Siemens technologies. The renewed agreement aims to further advance automation, digitalization, and performance in the rolling mill industry through state-of-the-art modernization strategies.
Integration of advanced CNC automation and roll shop expertise
The partnership combines Pomini Tenova’s deep process expertise in roll grinding, inspection systems, roll shop automation, and digital solutions with Siemens’ advanced CNC-based automation technologies, also contributing to integrated safety and future-proof cybersecurity solutions for machine tools.
Toward autonomous, high-performance roll grinding systems
A central objective of the collaboration is the transition of conventional roll grinders into fully autonomous, high-performance systems.
Through the integration of mechanical upgrades and application-specific accessories developed by Pomini Tenova with Siemens’ digital automation stack, the solution enables:
- Advanced digital monitoring and diagnostic capabilities
- Predictive maintenance strategies
- Continuous process optimization
- Industrial AI-based performance enhancements
- Digital Twin-based simulation and validation
Improved efficiency, productivity, and machine lifecycle
The revamping solutions are designed to deliver measurable operational benefits, including increased productivity, reduced downtime, enhanced safety standards, while maximizing performance and helping to ensure high grinding quality throughout the entire machine operating life.
By modernizing existing assets rather than replacing them, customers can extend equipment lifetime, safeguard prior investments, and significantly improve operational efficiency.
Pomini Tenova Executive Vice President
“Strengthening our collaboration with Siemens allows us to offer customers comprehensive revamping solutions that go beyond mere equipment upgrades, towards a truly AI-powered autonomous operation. By integrating Siemens’ advanced automation and digital technologies with our roll grinder-specific solutions, we help customers improving long-term competitiveness and enable them to differentiate from the competition.”
VP Sales for Machine Tool Business, Siemens
“Together with Pomini Tenova, we transform roll grinders by upgrading the machine’s CNC core. At the same time, we combine deep domain expertise with advanced digital and future-proof automation technologies, as we do with new machines, for which we also take advantage of including Siemens’ most comprehensive Digital Twin. This approach enables more autonomous operations and unlocks new value from customers’ existing assets”.
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