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Minerals Technologies — Technical Presentation (September 2015)
17 slides from Minerals Technologies's technical presentation, September 2015
Slide 1: On-line Measurement of Remanence and Grain Size
1 Measuring systems for cold rolling mills ON-LINE MEASUREMENT OF REMANENCE AND GRAIN SIZE On-line annealing control improves efficiency of continuous annealing lines
Slide 2: On-line measurement in a continuous annealing line
2 On-line measurement in a continuous annealing line
Slide 3: Principle of remanence measurement
3 Principle of remanence measurement
Slide 4: Installation of a remanence system
4 Installation of a remanence system
Slide 5: Remanence head
5 Remanence head Magnetizing roller Lifting magnet Measuring roller
Slide 6: Remanence record: badly annealed
6 Remanence record: badly annealed
Slide 7: Remanence record: well annealed
7 Remanence record: well annealed
Slide 8: Measuring principle of grain size
8 Measuring principle of grain size Process data Temperature Speed Welding seam Strip data Transducer adjustment Ultrasound Process generator computer Peak detector Display Indusrial PC Monitor Recorder Printer
Slide 9: Typical ultrasound signal
9 Typical ultrasound signal Ultrasonic transducer
Slide 10: Evaluation of grain size measurement
10 Evaluation of grain size measurement
Slide 11: Comparison of on-line grain size measurement with microscopy
11 Comparison of on-line grain size measurement with microscopy 40 35 30 Microscopy [µm] 25 20 15 10 5 0 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 Ultrasound Measurement [µm]
Slide 12: Construction drawing
12 Construction drawing Process and strip data Measuring unit Bath Transducer Pulser-receiver Peak detector Pulser-receiver Step motor control Monitor Process computer Industrial PC Recorder
Slide 13: Grain size measurement on site
13 Grain size measurement on site
Slide 14: Grain size record: badly annealed
14 Grain size record: badly annealed
Slide 15: Grain size record: well annealed
15 Grain size record: well annealed
Slide 16: Benefits of annealing control systems
16 Benefits of annealing control systems • Improved quality assurance • Enhanced reliability of production • Reduction of sampling costs • Increased annealing line throughput
Slide 17: Short reference list
17 Short reference list • ThyssenKrupp Nirosta, Germany • UGINE, France • ThyssenKrupp AST, Italy • Acerinox, Spain • Columbus Stainless, South Africa • Mexinox, Mexico • SKS Shanghai, China • Chia Far, Taiwan
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