Development of Roll Tracking Automated System to Optimize Maintenance and Operations

冶金传感器公司位于安大略省米尔顿，为钢铁制造商开发定制的高可用性传感器产品和集成系统。我们专门从事钢包渣检测、炉渣检测、绝对长度测量和Metsen EVCam(坚固可靠的极端环境相机)。我们的客户依赖我们来解决他们的难题，同时我们开发实用的解决方案和创新的产品。*轧钢厂的大部分劳动力都花在维护、维修和更换工作辊上。在一条轧制线上使用许多不同的轧辊，因此必须准确跟踪轧辊，因为从生产到维护和储存，这些轧辊由多个工作人员不断循环。辊子在创建时是唯一序列化的。然而，在它们的生命周期中，由于日常机器处理的磨损，这个序列号变得很难或不可能读取。因此，轧辊识别错误给钢厂造成了巨大的成本挫折和时间浪费，因为必须停止生产过程以纠正错误。此外，错误的轧辊组合如果在生产启动前未被发现，将会损坏产品和设备。*冶金传感器公司与兰布顿学院的信息技术和通信研究中心(ITCRC)合作开发了一种可靠且易于使用的系统，该系统可以准确识别工作辊并确认它们已按照生产计划的要求正确放置。分配给每个唯一辊的辊记录将包含其从摇篮到退役的完整服务历史。**

Metallurgical Sensors Inc., located in Milton, Ontario, develops custom high-availability sensor products and integrated systems for steelmakers. We specialize in ladle slag detection, furnace slag detection, absolute length measurement, and the Metsen EVCam (a robust and reliable extreme environment camera). Our customers rely on us to solve their difficult problems while we develop pragmatic solutions and innovative products.** ** A large portion of labour in a rolling mill is spent on maintaining, repairing, and replacing work rolls. Many different rolls are used in a rolling line and it is imperative that they are tracked accurately as they are constantly cycled by multiple work crews from production to maintenance and storage. Rolls are uniquely serialized at their creation. However, during their life span, this serial number becomes difficult or impossible to read due to the wear and tear of daily machine processing. As a result, misidentified rolls result in huge cost setbacks and wasted time for the steel mill as the production process must be halted to correct the error. In addition, the wrong roll combination will destroy product and equipment if undetected prior to production startup. ** **Metallurgical Sensors Inc. has teamed with Lambton College's Information Technology & Communication Research Centre (ITCRC) to develop a reliable and easy to use system that accurately identifies work rolls and confirms that they have been properly positioned as required for the production schedule. The roll record assigned to each unique roll will contain its complete service history from cradle-to-retirement.**