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As World Market Leader, That One Decisive Step Ahead 1981 – 1983 Successful development of microprocessor technologies (1981) and commissioning of the first optical width measuring system (1983) replace conventional analogue technologies 1990 Market Launch of Tube Thickness Measuring System The first high-performance measuring system for non-contact, continuous measurement of tube thickness, geometry, contour and position enters service successfully 1999 First Deployment of MEVInet-Q Data Archiving System The first version of the MEVInet-Q data archiving system, equipped with scalable software for automated acquisition and visualisation of relevant measurement data, is deployed 2008 FIRST Development Work on surcon 3D Surface Inspection Systems Begins As the first manufacturer worldwide, IMS develops a 3D surface inspection system able to detect the surface quality of slabs and billets at temperatures of even above 1,000°C using a laser sectioning technique 2014 FIRST Market Launch of Camera Cluster Systems (CCS) First deployment of compact camera cluster systems (CCS) for width, hole and edge crack detection, slit strip width measurement, flatness and evenness measurement, sheet geometry measurement and pinhole detection 2017 FIRST First Deployment of an XRD Phase Content Measuring System Successful commissioning of the first online phase content measuring system based on x-ray diffraction in a hot-dip galvanising line 2020 FIRST First Deployment of a Laser Centreline Thickness Measuring System The first laser centreline thickness measuring system for cold-rolled strip is successfully installed and commissioned in a slitting line 2023 FIRST Hardspot-Messsystem The first hard spot detection system for early detection of areas with increased hardness is put into operation in a heavy plate rolling mill 1981 1984 FIRST 1st Generation of Multichannel Profile Measuring System Market launch of the first generation of monoscopic isotope thickness measuring systems (gamma radiation) for flat products 1997 FIRST Market Launch of Edge Drop Strip Edge Profile Measuring System The first radiometric strip edge profile measuring system for high-resolution measurement of strip thickness, wedge and strip cross profile enters service 2001 FIRST Market Launch of TopPlan Strip Flatness Measuring System Presentation of the three-dimensional and non-contact optical strip flatness measuring system TopPlan 2010 Market Launch of a Billet Contour Measuring System The first measuring system for dimensional measurement of hot billets and profiles enters service successfully 2015 FIRST First Deployment of Radar Width Measuring System For the first time, a radarbased measuring system specially developed for use under even the harshest environmental conditions in hot rolling mills enters service 2019 FIRST Development of inclusion detection system (IDS) The inclusion detection system (IDS), based on the principle of magnetic flux leakage and specially developed for the early detection of internal inclusions and shell defects in cold-rolled strip steels, is put into operation successfully 2022 Development of a Magnetic Strip Flatness Measuring System Magnetic strip flatness measuring system for tensile strip developed as an alternative to conventional shapemeter rolls TODAY
