Improvement of Side Trimming Quality Based on Use of Optical Inspection Device
(Room 318)
16 May 16
11:30 AM
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12:00 PM
Tracks:
Energy, Sensors I
The demands on the side-trimming process are increasing steadily. Consecutive faults may lead to surface defects, roll defects, strip breakage…. EdgeMon an edge inspection device from Primetals Technologies is a leading technology to automatically observe the trimming quality. ArcelorMittal Florange / France investigated this process step in a project with the goal to find general process improvement actions.
Major goal that was focused at ArcelorMittal plant were reduction of customer complaints and safety issues due to saw tooth, knife breakouts and burr at IF and AHSS steel grades.
Based on these results and completed with recent market trends two new directions of impact were started: the new version of EdgeMon for side-trimmer integration with new supportive features was developed and a first pilot for fully automatic side-trimmer parameter optimization was successfully finished.