The practical operating platform for steel & metals
From casting to rolling, forging, and more, Guidewheel connects machine data, helps guide your team to the highest-value next action, and helps you make more money with the equipment and people you already have.
More than 500 manufacturers run on Guidewheel
Connect every machine. Guide the next action. Amplify what works.
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Minimize controllable downtime
See press, shear, and roll-former stop patterns alongside the reasons your team records. Use the shared evidence to investigate recurring faults and prioritize the production time worth recovering first.
Maximize your current capacity
Streamline changeovers, improve run speeds, and push more product through your lines without adding equipment.
Empower your teams to succeed
Your team already knows the plan. Guidewheel shows what is happening on every line right now, across casting, rolling, finishing, and more, and what to do about it before the P&L tells you.
Scale what’s working best to every site
Take what works at one plant to every plant. With one shared record from melt to machining, you can decide where to add capacity, move work between sites, and set lead times with real numbers.
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Case Studies
How steel & metals manufacturers have improved their operations with Guidewheel
Connect to your systems, your way
FactoryOps is designed to fit seamlessly into your operations. Our integrations make it easy to connect real-time machine data with the systems you already rely on.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Guidewheel connects casting, rolling, forging, machining, and finishing equipment. Sensors connect to each machine's power cable, using a starting configuration that need not require PLC integration, with site requirements confirmed. Installation is planned around site safety and operating requirements.
It catches press misfeeds, shear stoppages, and roll-former faults early, so teams can prevent hours of lost production and direct resources to the most costly issues.
Yes. Non-invasive clip-on sensors work on suitable equipment that draws current, regardless of age or manufacturer.
Deployment timing depends on equipment, safe access, connectivity and the agreed scope. Our team helps plan installation, validate the signals and make the first useful data part of daily decisions. One steel customer brought 30 machines online in under a month.
Ready to take your operations to the next level?
Let’s talk about your lines. Our team helps you put the data to work. Our team works by your side to find early wins and helps review the results.