Worker beside a hot steel strip on a rolling line, outlined in yellow and labeled Safety Violation Detected

Use cases

How do steel plants monitor danger zones around cranes and hot equipment?

ALIS, Maneva's AI Line Supervisor, watches the zones your safety team defines, such as around rolling lines, under crane paths and near hot metal. When someone enters a restricted area, the supervisor is alerted in real time, and every event is recorded.

Steel

Health & Safety

What it catches

In a steel plant, ALIS watches for people where they should not be, such as:

Entering restricted zones around rolling lines and presses
Standing under or near crane paths and suspended loads
Working close to hot metal without clearance
Walking in vehicle lanes used by forklifts and transfer cars
Entering a zone without the PPE it requires

Why near-misses go unreported

Most near-misses are seen by no one but the person involved, and many are never reported. A plant can go months without an incident while the same unsafe moment repeats every shift. Supervisors cannot watch every zone, and fixed guarding does not cover areas that change with production.

How it acts

ALIS checks each camera view against the zones set for it. When a person enters a restricted area, it alerts the supervisor in real time and records the event with its image. Where the line is set up for it, an alert can also trigger an alarm or stop the equipment before an injury happens.

Recorded events turn near-misses into data: which zones, which shifts and which tasks carry the most risk, so the safety team can fix layout, procedures or training where it matters.

Where the cameras go

Many plants already have security cameras that cover large areas, which can be a starting point. Zones that need a closer view, such as a crane path or a hot end, may need an off-the-shelf camera placed for the task. Maneva helps choose the camera and where it goes.

Result

ALIS has helped customers reach up to 50% fewer near-miss safety events, with every event recorded instead of going unreported.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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What counts as a danger zone?

Any area your safety team defines, such as around rolling lines, under crane paths, near hot metal or in vehicle lanes. Zones are set on each camera view.

What happens when someone enters a danger zone?

ALIS alerts the supervisor in real time and records the event with its image, so near-misses are counted instead of going unreported.

Do we need new cameras?

It depends on your site and the problem you want to solve. Some customers can start with the cameras they already have. Many need at least one new off-the-shelf camera placed and set up for the task, so the AI sees exactly what it needs to see.

Maneva helps you scope this from the start. We look at your line, the result you want, and what the camera needs to capture, then recommend the right camera and where to put it.

Maneva is hardware agnostic and connects to a wide range of camera types, including:

Standard RGB and security cameras for many quality, downtime, safety and efficiency use cases
3D and depth cameras for measuring volume, position and dimensions
Thermal and infrared cameras for heat signatures and low-light areas
Short-wavelength infrared (SWIR) cameras, which see through plastic to check seal integrity
High-resolution precision cameras for defects under a millimeter across large surfaces

If you can see it in the video, our AI can understand it and act on it. Start with one line, and we'll help you choose the setup that gets you there.