Innovation
Leading the Industry
through Innovation
through Innovation
Oxbow utilizes technology to streamline processes, reduce waste, enhance communication and learning, and to improve reliability. Find out what visitors to our facilities are surprised to learn!
Use of drones
Our visitors are often surprised to learn that we not only use drones to measure and monitor our raw material inventory, we also use them to monitor and inspect our equipment, generate training material and create tours.
This has improved safety, reliability and efficiency.
This has improved safety, reliability and efficiency.
SmartKiln® Artificial Intelligence for Kiln Control
Oxbow is the first calciner in the world to use true AI to optimize kiln performance and improve product homogeneity.
We have harnessed AI to allow the kilns to autonomously adjust settings to create the exact product our customer requires.
All three of our domestic calciners utilize AI for kiln operation.
All three of our domestic calciners utilize AI for kiln operation.
Industry 4.0
Oxbow’s robust commitment to Digital Transformation allows every employee to participate in the revolution.
Beginning with our proprietary Specialized Oxbow Technology Assets (SOTA), which empower every employee to take his or her vision and make it a reality.
This entrepreneurial philosophy has led to internal development of QR codes for monitoring equipment and performing maintenance and the introduction of Digital Workers to automate routine tasks within a fully connected enterprise.
Automation labs allow our technologists to take ideas and make them reality for applications ranging from complex motor control to edge-based
vibration monitors to developing optimized Human Machine Interfaces with logical drill-down functionality.
Exploring new technologies and implementing new tools is at the heart of Oxbow's DNA.