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IMS MEASURING SYSTEMS FOR METAL SERVICE CENTRES Highest measuring accuracy as guarantee for maximum precision IMS MEASURING SYSTEMS FOR METAL SERVICE CENTRES Automated, 100% Quality Control in Metal Service Centres Production costs and dimensional accuracy are the most important criteria for effective and economical operation in Metal Service Centres. The perfect quality of the end product has top priority in the face of ever stricter customer requirements regarding ever tighter tolerance limits. These are challenges that have to be mastered daily not only in slitting and cut-to-length lines, but also in pickling lines, recoiling lines and inspection lines. The measurements and visual inspections of the final products regarding: • thickness • width • length • geometry • camber • flatness • levelness • surface defects which are still often performed manually, are critical factors that can have a negative influence on the setup times of the equipment. Particularly in the case of time-consuming measurement on measuring tables with the aid of calipers, micrometre screws or measuring tape for the detection of surface defects and dimensional accuracy, the results are often subject to measurement errors. Differences that have a negative impact on the quality of the end product. Transmission errors in data processing, which is also frequently carried out manually, represent a further, not insignificant risk potential that reduces the economic efficiency of the production process. Automation of the measuring tasks performed in Metal Service Centres and automated data storage of all measuring results offer an effective increase in production results. In this way, throughput times in production are shortened lastingly and adherence to even the smallest tolerance limits is guaranteed, thus minimising reject and scrap rates. Production lines equipped with such automated measuring technology work highly efficiently and economically and offer customers end products of the highest quality. IMS Messsysteme also offers Metal Service Centres a comprehensive product portfolio of non-contact detecting measuring systems for solving a wide range of measuring tasks. Standard systems for the measurement, inspection and detection of: • thickness • width • holes • edge cracks • slit strip width • pinholes • sheet geometry • evenness • flatness • surface inspection • strip tension / web tension cover the most common measuring tasks. The focus here lies on optical measuring systems, namely our unique Camera Cluster Systems (CCS) specially developed for use in Metal Service Centres. Radiometric and laser thickness measuring systems round off the product range. All systems measure inline over the entire length of the coil and from the first to the last sheet. As a strong partner, IMS naturally also offers development of custom solutions. Please contact us if you are interested! The IMS quality data management system MEVInet-Q stores all measurement data as well as production and order data continuously, thereby enabling exact tracking and verification at any time. For 100% quality assurance, your end customers can receive automatically generated quality reports for every product delivered on request. Measuring Systems for Slitting Lines Measuring Systems for Cut-to-Length Lines Centreline Thickness Measuring System Slit Strip Width Measuring System Width, Hole, Edge Crack Detection System Surface Inspection System Slit Strip Width Measuring System Surface Inspection System Sheet Geometry Measuring System Flatness and Evenness Measuring System 6 7
