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- Width Vision and Lasers solutions for a redundant and fail safe output
- Surface Inspection Vision and Lasers solutions for a redundant and fail safe output
- Welding Inspection MCA, UT
- Mult-width Vision and Lasers solutions for each slitted part width
- Thermal Distribution
- Shape and dimensions
Multipe technologies, complete control, assisted by AI.
The importance of thickness measurement in the flat rolled industry is fundamental to guarantee the quality and conformity of the finished products. During the production process of flat laminates, accurate thickness measurement allows the consistency and uniformity of the material to be assessed, ensuring compliance with the required specifications.
Thickness measurement is performed using several measurement technologies. Furthermore, precise knowledge of the thickness of flat laminates allows subsequent processing operations to be carried out correctly, such as shaping or the application of coatings, to obtain high quality and high performance products. Our industrial solutions and services, suited to meet the needs of numerous industries with ready-to-use models specific for the application required.
Thickness control:
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Static Single Point
Suitable solution for discontinous lines in which there is a time gap between two work session. The absence of piece to be measured is cerrtain moments does not require a moving frame. Usually the RUN position is the centerline of the strip. -
Centerline Single Point
A standard solution for a wide range of application. A maintenance position is warranted any time required is required by moving to home position. Usually the RUN position is the centerline of the strip. -
Centerline plus on demand profile scanning
A standard solution for a "slow" on demand cross profile scanning application where there is the possibility to stop the piece under the gauge A maintenance position is warranted any time required is required by moving to home position. Usually the RUN position is the centerline, and requesting the on demand scanning the frame will move to an edge to another automaticaaly recognizing the borders and providing the cross section profile as well as the centeline, but alternatively. -
Continuous scanning
Ideal solution for a reliable profile and centerline solution, with multiple static kits, 2 moving kits (borders) and a fixed kit (centerline). -
Multiple points static
Ideal solution for a border plus centerline AGC contol with not moving parts. -
Double technology
Automatic shift among different technologies without any noticeable difference on the operational side for high thickness ranges
Width, crop optimization and surface control:
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Width and edge shape
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Mult-width on each slitted band
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Thermal distribution
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Squareness of edges
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Cut coordinates for shear control and crop optimization
Architectures:
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PC, PAC based architecture
From the first installation the PAC based design has exceeded Customer's expectation. The system maximize the use of top quality and highly available components including flexible modular IO management system and a robust all in one computer (Real Time Unix based kernel) and IO rack. The web based software was specifically designed by LGE engineers to take advantage of high speed processor available in today's industry. The resultant is a modern and reliable modular system, extremely fast, well beyond the requirements of the most closed-loop mill control systems. -
PLC based architecture
An high performance thickness gauge that features the industry's first open architecture. Designed on a PLC platform, its combination of advanced technologies make it accurate, versatile and robust; consistently outperform most other gauges on the market. It has been built with broadly available hardware and software components, including off-the-shelf PLC, PC, networking protocols and software. This reduces both initial costs as well as drastically cutting maintenance costs.
The best choice for:
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Process lines
Simple, powerfull, extremely accurate and reliable -
Finishing lines
For a total tight control on final product -
Reworking Lines
Cost effective solutions with high quality standards -
Hot process Lines
Ideals for a reliable output in harsh environments -
Continuous Lines
Consistent and stable output 24/7 for automatic gauge control -
Multiple materials mills
Combined technologies and sesnors to cover up high thickness ranges -
Extra thin materials (such as foil)
Aluminium foil -
Discrete parts
Offline and laboratories
Updates your obsolete systems !
In modern industry, obsolete systems constitute an impediment to carrying out normally the daily activities and a risk for the personnel assigned to use them. The limited possibilities of interfacing, outdated protocols and spare parts availability increasingly slowing down, would make obsolete equipment a source of uncertainty that cannot be relied on. Down times and average times between two failures on obsolete systems become dramatically important, and, especially in closed systems, the difficulties in obtaining an effective technical maintenance service are increasing over time, as the skills are going down. People in charge to maintain old equipment are disappearing, and system's manufacturers are mostly concentrated on new systems and modern technologies, leaving old systems unsupported. In addition to the potential and reduced reliability, the problem of non-compliance with the technical prescriptions that make them often also occurs safe in their use. We propose update campaigns that allow the user to reuse the functional parts, such as carpentry still in a good state of conservation, interconnections and mechanical parts that allow to perform a complete update of the systems with significant savings on cost on intervention and downtime. Upgrade kits are available for industrial equipment of different years and different manufacturers, which mainly concern:
Update ready to use solutions for:
- Non-contact thickness measurement
- Measurement of coating weight
- Density measurement
- Width measurement
- Automatic cut control
- Cut optimization
We specialize in updating obsolete, out of production, out of standard or simply very dated thickness, profile, coating weight gauges of the following suppliers:
Revamping kits for obsolete equipments from:
- DMC / Thermo Fisher
- Accuray / IRM
- PDM
- Loral
- Measuray / KMI
- ESC Resources
- Many more!
