Process Control System for Steel Fibre Production Using Melt Overflow

Fibre Technology Limited开发了一种独特的工艺-熔体溢流快速凝固铸造-生产金属纤维，这种纤维网状形成非织造材料Microtex。它可以生产一系列合金和纤维直径，无论是在技术上或经济上都不可行，使用所有现有的矿物纤维制造工艺(钢棒剃须、熔体提取或旋压铸造)。Microtex因其优异的热和噪音衰减性能而受到排气部件制造商的重视，被用作挡板材料。该项目将使Fibre Technolology Ltd能够全面调查影响纤维密度的参数，并实施数字控制系统，以实现产量一致性的阶梯变化，使Microtex能够批量生产，满足初始目标市场的纤维密度要求，并开辟新的行业可能性。项目合作伙伴曼彻斯特大学的材料部将提供纤维技术和工艺建模专业知识，材料测试将由专业排气系统制造商Vortex Limited进行。

Fibre Technology Limited has developed a unique process - Melt Overflow with Rapid Solidification Casting - to produce metallic fibres which mesh to form a non woven material - Microtex. It can be produced in a range of alloys and fibre diameters that are either technically or economically non-viable using all existing mineral fibre manufacturing processes (steel rod shaving, melt extraction or spin casting). Microtex is valued by exhaust component manufacturers as a baffle material for its superior heat and noise attenuation properties. The project will enable Fibre Technolology Ltd to fully investigate the parameters affecting fibre density and to implement a digital control system for a step change in output consistency to enable Microtex to be manufactured in volume meeting the fibre density requirements of the initial target market and opening new sector possibilities . Project partner Manchester Univerity's Materials Department will provide fibre technology and process modelling expertise and material testing will be carried out by specialist exhaust system manufacturer Vortex Limited.