Complex Profile Gauging

by PAUL PUGSLEY

Publisher - Siemens Plc

Category - General Novel

The argument for real time measurement of rolled profiles has never more important. In these times of high energy costs, environmental considerations and the need to produce a guaranteed high quality product, rapid feedback on size and shape are crucial in process improvement. On-line gauging provides solutions to all of the above issues saving time, material and energy, providing the mill operator with all critical dimensional parameters in an easily understood display format. Providing on-line live measurements of the product being produced ensure that analysis at a later date. By providing the operator with live “cold corrected” size information in real time enables decisions to be made which will increase productivity and product quality by constantly measuring all parameters and alerting the operator to dimensions which are trending towards out of tolerance conditions, these conditions may be caused by process temperature variations or roll wear, both of these can be investigated and corrected before out of tolerance is reached therefore reducing out of tolerance product. Typical profiles that can be accurately measured are Rail, I Beams, H Beams, Channels, Angles, Tracks, blades etc as well as standard rounds, squares and flats.

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