A study of the deviations in thickness as detected by a laser measuring instrument in a stainless steel production line

Author

Spinola, C. ; Bonelo, J.M. ; Martin-Pérez, C. ; Vizoso, J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron., Malaga Univ., Spain

Volume

2

fYear

2004

fDate

18-20 May 2004

Firstpage

1030

Abstract

Continuous, high precision, non-contact measuring of stainless steel flat rolling mill coils at the time of production is an important requirement in quality control. This paper describes the main features of the high precision laser instrument we have developed and installed on the annealing and finishing line of a stainless steel factory. Also presented are some of the results obtained from the studies, which prove the laser-based instruments can offer the robustness and precision required for use in the stainless steel and heavy industries.

Keywords

measurement by laser beam; quality control; rolling; stainless steel; thickness measurement; annealing line; continuous high precision measurement; finishing line; laser measuring instrument; noncontact measuring; quality control; robustness; stainless steel factory; stainless steel flat rolling mill coils; stainless steel production line; thickness deviation measurement; Annealing; Coils; Continuous production; Finishing; Instruments; Milling machines; Quality control; Steel; Thickness measurement; Time measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 2004. IMTC 04. Proceedings of the 21st IEEE

ISSN

1091-5281

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8248-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMTC.2004.1351238

Filename

1351238