Severstal will train employees by means of the VR exercise machine

2018

On September 28, 2018 it became known that "Severstal" of steel-smelting production CherMK will train the vnovprinyaty staff of the plant by means of the exercise machine of virtual reality. Development is intended for the steelmaker's helpers who are not familiar with the operating production yet. Using two joysticks and VR glasses employees will be able quickly and safely to master necessary skills.

Each change the helper of the steelmaker should take samples of liquid metal and take its temperature (more than 60 times during 12-hour shift). When the employee for the first time gets to "hot" workshop and sees the heated liquid steel close – it throws it in shock. To train the employee and to acquaint him with dangerous production factors, we decided to test such non-standard format of training. Alexander Maslov, master in technology and technology equipment of workshop of smelting and extra oven processing of Elektrostal

Helped to realize conceived to colleagues the staff of directorate on personnel of "The Russian steel" and Severstal-infokoma. Developers took a 3D model of the furnace ladle installation No. 2 (UPK-2) which specialists provided Severstal Project as a basis.

Most precisely to recreate an appearance of the furnace ladle installation No. 2 and to copy actions of the improvised steelmaker, employees removed Severstal-infokoma and photographed real production process

Virtual reality – absolutely unknown direction for our division. We from scratch studied information on how to create the digital world that it did not differ from the operating production at all. As a result we developed two scenarios: taking of test and measurement of metal temperature. The student needs to perform all operations in the correct order. In case of an error the exercise machine will offer hints and to adjust actions. Olga Peshina, expert in development of technologies Severstal-infokoma

Employees of workshop of extra oven processing of converter steel were influenced by the test version of the exercise machine. According to them, virtual reality is indistinguishable from a prototype and as much as possible submerges in a situation of workshop: the muffled light, splashes of liquid metal, the heated UPK-2 electrodes.

Until the end of 2018 developers will prepare scenarios where employees will be able to perfect skills of setting steel ladle and connections of flexible argonoprovod. Besides, in the future in virtual reality will try to recreate stressful and abnormal situations which can occur on production.

Also employees Severstal-infokoma are going to integrate the exercise machine of virtual reality into the "My Training and Development" portal. For successfully passable training helpers of the steelmaker will get points which will be displayed in the Personal account of the employee.

The virtual format of training allows to involve as much as possible the employee and to achieve good results. In such space errors which price is equal in the real world to human lives are not terrible. Besides, thanks to the maximum extent of detailing, in the three-dimensional world it is possible to show authentically processes which[1]. Elena Pogodina, the senior manager of management on attraction and personnel development of directorate on personnel of "The Russian steel"

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