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News Release from: Industrial Automation Services | Subject: COMAC
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 23 March 2004
Hot dip galvanizing line coating mass
control
IAS will design, supply and commission a replacement zinc coating mass control and reporting system (COMAC) for the Nucor Steel galvanizing line in Indiana
Nucor Steel Sheet Mill Group, in Indiana, has signed an agreement with Industrial Automation Services (IAS), to design, supply and commission a replacement zinc coating mass control and reporting system (COMAC) for their galvanizing line COMAC utilizes a proven physics based coating mass model to generate accurate knife to strip distances and stripping gas pressure references
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 21 Feb 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Advanced signal processing algorithms allow the controls to estimate coating thickness during order transitions within one coating gauge scan.
The resulting control actions minimize the generation of out-of-spec material and the minimized coating standard deviation allows for zinc savings and a typical return on investment in the order of a few months.
The open architecture control system incorporates IAS easy to maintain graphical programming interface, and takes advantage of IAS considerable process know-how and local support.
The new system in concert with a new IRM coating gauge neatly retrofits into the existing Level 1 control equipment.
Engineering design, project management, installation assistance, commissioning, operator/maintenance training, and a twelve (12) month online maintenance contract will be executed from IAS offices in Pittsburgh, USA, and Australia.
This order further strengthens the relationship with Nucor for whom IAS has carried out the last two cold mill upgrades and numerous process improvement projects.
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