Continuous Casting
Radar Width Measurement in Continuous Casting Processes
Continuous casting requires precise inline data to ensure production quality and efficiency. With mecorad’s wtl series, radar width measurement in continuous casting becomes reliable, contactless, and highly accurate.
The system delivers width information for each slab or beam blank at the earliest stage of the process. Early data enables operators to take corrective actions immediately and maintain consistent product dimensions throughout the production line.
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Earliest possible measurement
With wtl series for continuous casting, mecorad succeeds in measuring the width of the cast strand from immediately after the mold exit in the secondary cooling zone, where the surface of the red-hot strand is just solidifying. Accuracy of measured width is well below one millimeter.
Enabling inline-interventions
The data determined is processed real-time by mecorad´s intelligent software application and can be connected via interfaces into the customers applications. This direct feedback means that the casting process can be far better matched to the tolerances to be maintained. Time-consuming reworking, as well as material- and thus cost-intensive overcasting, are significantly reduced. The measured values generated also allow casting models to be further improved and compared across plants.
Components and Enhancements
The wtl series for continuous casting comes along with two sensors (IP 68) and a process unit. Due to heat protection the solution can be installed close to the casting strand. Measurement through a tube is another option. The process unit can be placed at a distance of up to 100 meters.
Communication
Via Modbus/TCP the wtl series communicates with the PLC. More interfaces come along with the additional COM package: via TCP/IP, REST or MQTT information can be delivered further on to several recipients on multiple levels, in the plant and also beyond.
Technical Data
Find out more about the continuous casting series in the technical data:
| Scope of delivery | Sensor pairs, calculation unit, power supply |
| Number of sensors connected to a system | 2 |
| Sensor housing materia | Stainless Steel |
| Process Unit Delivery | Switch cabinet or protected housing1 |
| Protection | IP 68 |
| Certification | CE |
| Power | 230 VAC / 50 Hz
110 VAC/ 60 Hz for U.S. Market available |
| Measurement principle | FMCW-Radar |
| Sensor pairs | SiGe RadarChip |
| Band | 122 GHz-band ISM, 0,9 GHz bandwidth; further bandwidth on request |
| Data fusion | High-performance embedded system |
| Communication | Modbus TCP |
| Measurement rate - sensor | 65 Hz default |
1 stable up to 260°C
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