News: Corus senses improvement in cooling methods

Expert metallurgists at Corus' Swinden Technology Centre in Rotherham are developing a scale model rolling mill to enable them to make more informed decisions with respect to cooling methods for different steel strip products.

The rolling mill, which is approximately one-eighth the size of a conventional full size rolling mill, will incorporate four infrared temperature sensors from Micro-Epsilon to measure process temperatures at various positions along the process line.

This will enable the simulation of different cooling techniques for various types and grades of steel.

Two of these sensors are already in position and have been used to measure temperatures on the high temperature rolling side. The other two sensors will be located on the cooling conveyor.

The process temperatures on the rolling side vary from 850 deg C up to 1,100 deg C, whilst temperatures on the cooling side are down to 600 deg C.

Temperature measurement data collected by the four temperature sensors is fed into the rolling mill's software program where it is used to model and simulate the different cooling methods for the steel strip.

The Research, Development & Technology department of Corus combines top class innovation with cutting edge technology to deliver "metals solutions" to Corus sites around the world.

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Rotherham

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