ISSN 2594-5300
43º Seminário de Aciaria - Internacional — vol. 43, num.43 (2012)
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Torpedo ladles are used to transport liquid iron from a blast furnace to the steel plant via rail. The Torpedo measuring system has an innovative, yet simple and rugged design that allows immersion of a laser head into a hot torpedo ladle with surrounding temperatures of more than 1000 °C. The system’s laser-beam rapidly scans the lining thickness of the entire surface, collecting millions of data points that are generated in a wide range of computer displays from simple tabular reporting to a virtual walk-through of configurable 3D images. This new development allows steel makers to measure refractory-lining thickness in hot torpedo ladle cars in less than three minutes, reducing the need to cool down the vessel for up to two days before a manual inspection of the totpedo ladle can be done. This measuring system can provide steel makers with improved safety, increased ladle availability and capacity, extended refractory life and cost savings in energy, material and the maintenance of hot torpedo ladles.
Torpedo ladles are used to transport liquid iron from a blast furnace to the steel plant via rail. The Torpedo measuring system has an innovative, yet simple and rugged design that allows immersion of a laser head into a hot torpedo ladle with surrounding temperatures of more than 1000 °C. The system’s laser-beam rapidly scans the lining thickness of the entire surface, collecting millions of data points that are generated in a wide range of computer displays from simple tabular reporting to a virtual walk-through of configurable 3D images. This new development allows steel makers to measure refractory-lining thickness in hot torpedo ladle cars in less than three minutes, reducing the need to cool down the vessel for up to two days before a manual inspection of the totpedo ladle can be done. This measuring system can provide steel makers with improved safety, increased ladle availability and capacity, extended refractory life and cost savings in energy, material and the maintenance of hot torpedo ladles.
Keywords
Refractory; Pig iron transport; Laser-measurement; Safety.
Refractory; Pig iron transport; Laser-measurement; Safety.
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Lamm, Rolf.
WORLD´S FIRST LASERPROFILE-MEASUREMENTSYSTEM
FOR THE REFRACTORY LINING OF HOT
TORPEDO-LADLES
,
p. 655-663.
In: 43º Seminário de Aciaria - Internacional,
Rio de Jabeiro,
2012.
ISSN: 2594-5300
, DOI 10.5151/2594-5300-20939
