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Process Control and Monitoring
News Release from: Industrial Automation Services | Subject: Achieva Coating Control
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 23 March 2005
Mass control system for hot dip
galvanizing line
IAS will supply and commission a zinc coating mass control and reporting system (Achieva Coating Control) for a new galvanizing line at the Cleveland, Ohio plant of International Steel Group
The Cleveland, Ohio plant of International Steel Group has signed an agreement with Industrial Automation Services (IAS), to design, supply and commission a zinc coating mass control and reporting system (Achieva Coating Control) for its galvanizing line The coating mass control project is being executed as part of a larger project to convert the former continuous annealing line at the plant to a hot-dip galvanizing line
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 8 Aug 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Achieva Coating Control utilises a proven physics-based coating mass model to generate accurate references and control of knife to strip distances and stripping gas pressure.
Advanced signal processing algorithms enable 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 minimised coating standard deviation allows for zinc savings and a typical return on investment within a few months.
The open architecture control system incorporates the IAS easy to maintain graphical programming interface, and takes advantage of their considerable process know-how and local support.
The new Level 1 control system will operate in concert with a new IRM coating gauge to provide improved strip coating performance.
Engineering design, project management, installation assistance, commissioning and operator/maintenance training will be executed from IAS offices in Pittsburgh, USA and Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
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