Drawing lines
Break-risk scoring from tension, force and thermal streams, with a bounded tension response and die-change recommendation. Metric: breaks per shift and energy per reel against the baseline.
Drawixagent.draw_anneal
Solutions
Start where the scrap is.
Every cable plant already measures breaks, give-away, spark faults, out-of-round scrap, energy per reel and changeover time. Draweon lands on one of those numbers, on one line, with a baseline agreed in writing, and expands when it moves.
Illustrative scenario: EX-3 · 2.5 mm² class 2 PVC building wire, changeover, no spark faults
By outcome
Six wedges, each with a metric the plant already has
The first paid pilot targets one of these. The metric column is what the pilot would be judged on.
Insulation and jacket lines
Hold the wall at nominal, not nominal plus margin, and keep minimum spot wall above the floor. Metric: polymer give-away and eccentricity against the baseline.
Extrioagent.insulate_jacket
Any insulated construction
Predict insulation health ahead of the spark tester and correct upstream. Metric: spark faults, downgrade and field escapes against the baseline.
Eddixagent.defect_inspect
Stranding and cabling lines
Hold lay length and roundness across spools and batches, prevent birdcaging, hand a round core to extrusion. Metric: out-of-round and lay-consistency scrap.
Cablynagent.strand_cable
Drawing, annealing, extrusion
Price every move in kilowatt-hours and hold the energy budget as a hard constraint. Metric: energy per reel against the baseline.
agent.yield_taktcuOpt
Whole line
Rehearse the recipe on the twin, discard candidates that breach the wall floor or spark limit, execute the winner step by step. Metric: changeover time and ramp scrap.
Simweontwin.simweon
Where it pays
Four loops, four metrics
Draweon is not a dashboard. Each agent closes a loop a cable plant already measures in scrap, metres, kilowatt-hours and minutes. The tables show what each loop watches and what it is allowed to move.
Breaks and die wear
Catch the break before the wire goes
Draw tension, die force and temperature are fused at the edge into a rolling break-risk estimate. When risk crosses the threshold the agent has time to trim tension or step the die sequence instead of restringing a line.
- Tension, force and thermal streams fused at 100 to 1,000 Hz
- Die-wear estimate with a bounded tension response
- Every break and precursor labelled into the training set
agent.draw_anneal SUCCEEDED
| Signal | Watches | Moves |
|---|---|---|
| Draw tension | Watched per capstan | Trimmed inside per-tag limits |
| Die wear | Estimated from force and temperature | Die-change recommendation |
| Break risk | Scored continuously | Line-speed hold or tension trim |
Wall and concentricity
Stop paying for a thick wall
Walls run thick because thin is dangerous. Extrio fuses gauge, laser and wall-scan with melt and cooling telemetry and holds the wall at nominal, not at nominal plus a margin, while keeping minimum spot wall above the floor.
- Wall and concentricity predicted, not only measured
- Screw speed, zone temperature and cooling moved together
- Material-lot and moisture carried into the recipe
agent.insulate_jacket SUCCEEDED
| Signal | Watches | Moves |
|---|---|---|
| Wall thickness | Gauge, laser and wall scan | Screw speed and line speed |
| Concentricity | Wall scan per quadrant | Die centring recommendation and cooling |
| Melt pressure | Head and zone telemetry | Zone temperatures |
Sparks and pinholes
Predict the spark, then prevent it
A spark tester tells you about a fault after it is on the reel. Eddix fuses vision, laser, eddy-current and spark signals to score insulation health ahead of the tester and route a bounded correction upstream.
- Four modalities, one model of cable health
- Defects localised to reel and length
- Rare spark and pinhole cases augmented synthetically, validated against real events
agent.defect_inspect SUCCEEDED
| Signal | Watches | Moves |
|---|---|---|
| Spark events | Tester plus upstream precursors | Recommendation to Extrio, reel quarantine |
| Neckdowns and lumps | Laser and cameras | Screw-speed trim via Extrio |
| Eccentricity | Laser and wall scan | Die-centring and cooling recommendation |
Changeovers
Rehearse the run on the twin
Every changeover and new construction is simulated on the as-run line twin before a setpoint moves. Candidates that save polymer but push minimum wall under the floor or raise spark risk are discarded automatically.
- 10 to 100 candidate recipes per changeover
- Ranked on wall variance, concentricity, spark risk and give-away
- The chosen recipe is executed step by step and logged
twin.simweon SUCCEEDED
| Signal | Watches | Moves |
|---|---|---|
| Draw schedule | Die train and tension plan | Proven setpoints to Drawix |
| Lay length | Stranding geometry | Proven setpoints to Cablyn |
| Extrusion recipe | Screw, zones, cooling, speed | Proven setpoints to Extrio |
Segments
Where cable makers start
Power, building wire, automotive and EV harness, data and fibre, magnet and specialty. Most plants pick one line and one wedge, prove the number, then expand.
Power transmission and distributionGrid and renewables cable
Power transmission and distribution
Large conductors, long runs and dielectric requirements that leave no margin. Drawing, stranding and insulation control with fused inspection on every reel.
Building wireHigh-speed, high-volume
Building wire
Thin walls at high line speed, where give-away and spark faults decide margin. Extrio and Eddix on the insulation line first.
Automotive and EV harnessThin-wall, qualified constructions
Automotive and EV harness
Small conductors, thin walls and USCAR qualification. Concentricity and spark prediction before the reel, genealogy for every lot.
Data and fibreGeometry-sensitive
Data and fibre
Lay and geometry decide electrical performance. Cablyn holds lay and roundness and hands a round core to extrusion.
Magnet and specialty wireFine drawing and annealing
Magnet and specialty wire
Fine diameters, exact conductivity and softness. Drawix on break prediction and annealing control, energy per reel measured.
Run timeline · scenario
One scenario run, step by step
Every Draweon run is an ordered, inspectable sequence. This is run_3d7a1e on EX-3 · 2.5 mm² class 2 PVC building wire. Scenario completes in 10 steps with one approval gate. Wall settles at 0.80 mm nominal, minimum 0.66 mm, concentricity 0.93, no spark faults, reel R-30417 released with full genealogy.
run_3d7a1e
EX-3 · 2.5 mm² class 2 PVC building wire
illustrative scenario
SUCCEEDED
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ingest.order
SUCCEEDED
0.6 s
Plant Orchestrator · Pulled the construction spec for 2.5 mm² class 2 PVC building wire from MES: 7 × 0.67 mm conductor, 0.80 mm nominal wall, 0.62 mm minimum spot wall, 6 kV spark test, 48 km order. Locked the target envelope.
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02
twin.simulate
SUCCEEDED
41 s
Line Twin · Simulated 36 candidate recipes on the as-run line twin for draw schedule, lay length and extrusion setpoints, ranked on wall variance, concentricity, predicted spark risk and polymer give-away.
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03
draw.tension
SUCCEEDED
1 m 48 s
Draw-and-Anneal · Capstan tension on RB1 stepped down 6% as the die-wear estimate crossed its threshold. Diameter held at 0.670 mm ± 0.004 mm and the break-risk score fell from 0.31 to 0.09.
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04
anneal.current
SUCCEEDED
54 s
Draw-and-Anneal · Annealer current trimmed against the live conductivity reading to hold the softness target without over-anneal through the speed change.
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05
strand.lay
SUCCEEDED
1 m 12 s
Strand-and-Cable · Lay length set to 28 mm on bunching line ST2 with payoff tension balanced across 7 spools. Roundness index held above 0.97 into the extrusion payoff.
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06
extrude.wall
SUCCEEDED
2 m 36 s
Insulate-and-Jacket · Screw speed and zone 3 temperature re-cut against melt pressure and material-lot moisture. Wall settled at 0.80 mm nominal, minimum 0.66 mm, concentricity 0.93.
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07
inspect.fuse
SUCCEEDED
continuous
Defect-and-Inspect · 6 cameras, the laser gauge, the eddy-current head and the spark tester fused at the edge. One neckdown precursor at 12,480 m flagged and cleared by a screw-speed trim before it reached the reel.
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approve.human
APPROVAL
38 s
Plant Orchestrator · Line-speed ramp 1,100 to 1,250 m/min exceeded the site autonomy threshold. Held for the shift process engineer and approved at 06:41:52.
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09
reel.change
SUCCEEDED
2 m 05 s
Robot-and-Handling · Reel change on take-up TU3 planned and executed by the handling robot. Payoff aligned and tension re-established inside the changeover window.
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10
reel.release
SUCCEEDED
1 m 10 s
Quality-and-Conformance · Reel R-30417 released: genealogy written (conductor lot, draw and anneal record, lay, wall and concentricity trace, defect map, approvals) and checked against the construction spec.
Who it is for
Built for the people who run the line
We have no customer quotes to show yet and will not invent any. These are the three roles in a cable plant we build for, and the problems they bring to the first meeting.
Owns production rate, quality, scrap and yield, energy and delivery.
What this person is dealing with today
- Fixed die and line-speed setpoints that cap dimension consistency, rate and yield
- Expensive copper and aluminium scrap and length give-away eroding margin
- A retiring wire-drawer and extrusion-operator workforce that caps rate
Owns draw schedules, annealing, stranding lay and extrusion recipes, process windows and yield.
What this person is dealing with today
- Diameter, eccentricity, lump and neckdown faults driving scrap and downgrade
- Wire breaks and die wear halting high-speed lines
- Drawing, stranding, extrusion and inspection siloed and reactive
Owns cable quality to UL, IEC, IPC and automotive standards, defect and dielectric conformance, reel and length genealogy.
What this person is dealing with today
- Spark and pinhole insulation failures causing rejects and safety escapes
- Genealogy stitched together by hand across separate systems
- Evidence for customer and regulatory review assembled after the fact
Autonomy
Four levels, set per agent and per tag
A plant does not go from manual to unattended in one step. Draweon makes the level explicit, auditable and reversible at any time. The first release runs shadow mode, then assist mode, then graduated autonomy.
| Level | What the agent does | What the human does | Where it sits in a pilot |
|---|---|---|---|
| L1 · Advisory | Recommends setpoints and explains why, with citations | Enters every change manually | Shadow mode, weeks 1 to 3 |
| L2 · Supervised | Proposes a write; it executes on approval | Approves each write in the review console | Assist mode, weeks 4 to 8 |
| L3 · Bounded | Writes inside tag, rate and magnitude limits | Approves ramps, die changes and reel release | Graduated autonomy, from week 9 if the plant is satisfied |
| L4 · Unattended | Runs the envelope without prompting | Sets the envelope; reviews the shift record | Planned; after qualification on the construction |
Pricing
Priced per line, per plant, per group
Land on one workflow with a measured baseline. Expand by line, module and autonomy level. Outcome components are available on yield, scrap, length and energy. Annual prepay carries a 15 to 20% discount.
Drawing or extrusion control, or inspection, for a single line. For cable makers validating ROI on the wedge.
- One line, one agent module
- Plant-edge inference node included
- Line controller and gauge reads, guarded writes
- Run log, audit trail, reel genealogy
- Business-hours support
The whole loop: draw and anneal, strand and cable, insulate and jacket, defect, quality and dimension, yield and takt, robotic handling and the twin.
- All control agents on every line
- Fused inspection on every line
- Quality, yield, takt and conformance
- Robotic spool and reel handling
- As-run line twin and changeover optimisation
- 24/7 support, quarterly model review
Multi-site wire and cable groups standardising on Draweon, with custom conductor, insulation and tolerance models.
- Multi-site fleet management
- Custom conductor, insulation and tolerance models
- Plant edge fleet with on-prem option
- Group autonomy policy and approval chains
- SLAs, SSO and RBAC, dedicated engineer
FAQ
Straight answers
The questions plant directors and process engineers ask in the first meeting.
Yes, but only within an explicit tag allow-list with per-tag rate and magnitude limits, and only at the autonomy level your plant has set. Level 1 is advisory: Draweon recommends and a human enters everything. Design partners start there, in shadow mode, before supervised writes.
Control returns to the line controller's last known-good state. Draweon is a supervisory layer on top of the PLCs and gauges you already run, never a replacement for them, so an outage degrades the line to its current way of running, not to a stop.
Advisory recommendations start from the physics-based twin and the construction spec in the first weeks. Defect prediction and break prediction improve as line history and labelled events accumulate per construction. The first training sets are sized at 5 to 20 million labelled frames and events, a design target.
Only if you choose cloud training. Recipes, process models and defect libraries are isolated per tenant and never used to train another customer's models. A fully on-prem deployment at the plant edge is available for sensitive producers.
You are, the same as with any control strategy, which is why every write is policy-checked, bounded, logged and reversible, and why anything above your risk threshold waits for a named approver. The audit log records the request, the reasoning, the limits applied and the human decision.
A paid pilot on one line, scoped to a single workflow with a baseline agreed in writing. Weeks 1 to 3 are connection and shadow-mode observation, weeks 4 to 8 are assist mode with engineer approval, and bounded autonomy follows if the plant is satisfied with the recommendations.
Get started
Name the line that costs you the most
Start with one drawing, stranding or extrusion line and one measurable baseline. A paid pilot on wall and concentricity, break prediction or spark prediction shows the number before you commit further.