Título

Q-ROBOT CAST FOR LADLE AREA: REACHING NEW LEVELS OF AUTOMATION AND SAFETY IN CONTINUOUS CASTING

Autoria

Demetlika, Paolo; Ardesi, Alessandro; Visentini, Ingrid; Martin, Manuel; Cestari, Luca; Comand, Daniele

DOI

10.5151/1982-9345-30228

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Resumo

In this paper it is shown how the “Zero Operator” concept on the casting floor has been reached by adoption of a standard 6 axis industrial anthropomorphic robot coupled with the most innovative machine vision technology. This has been achieved by automating all the operations related to the ladle and tundish activities, including shroud manipulation, powder addition, ladle nozzle identification, nozzle opening by lancing, temperature measurement and chemical sampling. Q–Robot CAST family products are the result of the successful alliance between industrial robotics and the most advanced technology in process automation. This led, for each production area, to the introduction of flexible automation in dangerous places, even where some degree of human intervention is still necessary. By using anthropomorphic robots, human operators can be reassigned to safer environments. Furthermore, robots are suited to deal with repetitive and labor intensive tasks thus guaranteeing a high process quality.

 

Palavras-chave

Robotics in steelmaking - continuous casting, industrial anthropomorphic 6 axis robot, safety, robot

Robotics in steelmaking - continuous casting, industrial anthropomorphic 6 axis robot, safety, robot