Rugged system monitors steel-strip process
Linescan camera and off-the-shelf components withstand high temperatures and debris.
When Mittal Steel purchased a hot-strip steel mill in East Chicago, IN, USA, it got a hot-strip machine-vision inspection system, as well. The problem was that the inspection system was buried in a melted and twisted enclosure inside a pit underneath the conveyor that carries the strips from the furnace. Therefore, the company needed a new inspection and process-control system if it was to optimize production.