Steel MillCert Reader Launched
Weβre excited to share that MillCert Reader is now live on GoSmarter.ai and itβs already making life easier for production teams. Our AI tool saves hours every month by automatically pulling key data from mill certificates. It can rename documents in seconds which is a task that is usually painfully manual because it involves inputting specific codes on individual document. Let’s just say, we have some happy Production Managers who just got some hours back!
Sο»Ώo, how does it work? We’ve trained custom AI models with certificate data to make it grab important info like chemical composition and mechanical properties in seconds. And weβre just getting started, next we are looking into how data can support resource tracking and analyse environmental impact which drives greener steel production.
Want a demo? Check out MillCert Reader or reach out to me directly.
FAQs
Why does MillCert Reader matter?
Mill test certificates are the fundamental quality document in metals manufacturing. Every piece of steel that changes hands β from steel mill to stockholder, from stockholder to fabricator, from fabricator to construction site β should be accompanied by a certificate that proves its chemical composition and mechanical properties meet the required standard.
Managing these certificates manually is one of the most time-consuming and error-prone administrative tasks in the metals industry. A busy production team might receive dozens of certificates a week. Each one needs to be checked, filed, and matched to the relevant material and order. When a customer asks for the certificate for a specific heat number, someone has to find it β which might mean searching through a filing cabinet, a shared drive, or an email archive.
MillCert Reader automates the most painful parts of this process. Certificates are uploaded, data is extracted automatically, and the results are stored in a searchable format. Heat numbers, chemical composition, mechanical properties, standard references β all available in seconds rather than minutes.
What is the technology behind it?
GoSmarter’s MillCert Reader uses custom-trained AI models that have been trained on real steel certificate data. Steel certificates are notoriously inconsistent in format β different mills produce different layouts, different standards use different field names, and the quality of scanned copies varies enormously. Training models specifically on certificate data, rather than using generic document intelligence models, is what makes MillCert Reader reliable in the conditions that production teams actually work in.
The renaming functionality β automatically applying standard file naming conventions to uploaded certificates β addresses one of the most frustratingly manual tasks in certificate management: entering specific codes for individual documents. It is one of those tasks that takes about 30 seconds per certificate but adds up to hours per month when multiplied across a busy production environment.