Process Control System for Steel Fibre Production Using Melt Overflow

纤维技术有限公司开发了一种独特的工艺-熔体溢流与快速凝固铸造-生产金属纤维，这些纤维网形成非织造材料- Microtex。它可以以一系列合金和纤维直径生产，这些合金和纤维直径在技术上或经济上都是不可行的，使用所有现有的矿物纤维制造工艺（钢棒刮削，熔体萃取或旋转铸造）。Microtex因其上级的散热和降噪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 Technology 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，以实现输出一致性的阶跃变化，从而使Microtex能够批量生产，满足最初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门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.