Saarstahl Rail — an information system for cylinder management
A business tool to organize the tracking, maintenance and traceability of rolling cylinders.
- Location
- Hayange — France
- Sector
- Railway industry
- Project type
- Industrial information system
- Expertise
- Industrial business-app development · IS architecture · Traceability & quality
Saarstahl Rail, in Hayange, has produced railway rails for over a century (a subsidiary of the Saarstahl / SHS group). The site manufactures a wide range of rail profiles for both high-speed networks and heavy transport.
In a rolling mill, the cylinders that shape the rails are critical equipment: their tracking, maintenance and traceability drive quality and production continuity.
- Organize the tracking of cylinders and their operations.
- Structure maintenance and quality inspection.
- Ensure full equipment traceability.
The real product, screen by screen
The solution — Industrial information system. Here are the delivered product's interfaces.
Cylinder overview
Cylinder state and status at a glance.
Planning
Cylinder allocation and work-order generation, week by week.
Production
Real-time rolling-mill production tracking: tonnage, pace and incidents.
Stock management
Inventory of cylinders and rollers, with their dimensions and status.
Our approach
- 1
Analysis — Understanding the cylinder lifecycle and industrial constraints.
- 2
Design — Functional architecture: tracking, maintenance, quality, traceability.
- 3
Development — Robust, secure business information system.
- 4
Deployment — Rollout, administration and support.
The system modules
Client context established from public information on Saarstahl Rail. The system modules are presented as a coherent functional scope.
- 1Operator
- 2Business interface
- 3Cylinder modules
- 4Database
- 5Administration
Cylinder management
Identification, technical data and status.
History
History of operations, interventions and changes.
Maintenance
Maintenance tracking and planned operations.
Quality inspection
Checks, inspections and quality validation.
Traceability
Full equipment journey.
Planning & alerts
Operation scheduling and notifications.
The system can be structured around several business profiles:
- Operator
- Maintenance manager
- Quality control
- Administrator
Technologies used
React
Role
Reactive, component-based interfaces.
Node.js
Role
Performant, scalable business API.
Express.js
Role
Lightweight, battle-tested Node APIs.
MongoDB
Role
Flexible, scalable document database.
Docker
Role
Reproducible environments, from dev to prod.
Prometheus
Role
Real-time metrics and alerting.
What the solution enables
Centralize cylinder tracking.
Structure maintenance and quality inspection.
Guarantee equipment traceability.
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