IMS Measuring Systems in Cold Rolling Mills / Processing Lines

Aerospace technology, automotive and shipbuilding, architecture, medical technology, and household appliances - the areas of application for high-quality strip steels seem almost unlimited. The steel industry is developing rapidly and the demands for new, adapted products are also occurring at ever shorter intervals. The economy demands new processes and materials in the steel industry and the demand for the quality of the end product is also subject to a continuous increase. Cold-rolled strip is becoming increasingly important in this context. In order to provide the processing industry with optimum base materials, the rolling processes are complex. Throughout the entire process and its fully automated control for end products of the highest quality, measuring systems from IMS guarantee compliance with minimum tolerances. - Conventional cold rolling mills - Coupled pickling / tandem mills (PLTCM) - Finishing lines - Process lines - Shear lines benefit from our perfectly coordinated highly precise and fully automated measuring technology for the exact determination of: - Thickness - Thickness profile - Thickness edge profile - width - holes - Fine holes - Edge cracks - phase content - internal inclusions / shell defects - coating overlays - flatness - flatness - 2D surface inspection - strip tension / web tension - Speed of web - Length Precisely reproducible measurements as well as real-time evaluations optimize your production facilities and increase product quality while reducing production costs and reject rates. In addition to their longevity and impressive performance, our measuring systems also impress with the extremely convenient user-friendliness of their control and regulation software. The MEVIweb user software developed in-house by IMS convinced the juries of two renowned awards and was honored with the iF Design Award and the Red Dot Design Award.

Precision out of

Precision out of passion, quality out of conviction and innovation out of tradition X-ray measuring systems, isotope measuring systems and optical measuring systems from the world’s leading manufacturer IMS have been a guarantee for highest product quality in the production and processing of steel, aluminium and non-ferrous metals since 1980. Our non-contact measuring and detection systems are used in the steel, metal and aluminium industries wherever meticulous material testing is required to guarantee the highest standards of quality – worldwide under the toughest operating conditions. Both in hot production, such as continuous casting plants, hot rolling mills and tube mills, where shimmering surfaces, heat, dirt and moisture are common, as well as in cold rolling mills and service centres, measuring systems from IMS measure and detect reliably and with highest precision. Exactly reproducible measurements and evaluations in real time optimise your production lines and increase product quality while simultaneously reducing production costs and reject rates. MEASUREMENT METHODS / TASKS AT A GLANCE ELECTROACOUSTIC/ MAGNETIC MEASURING SYSTEMS Internal Inclusions / Shell Defects Width (Radar) Thickness (Radar) RADIOMETRIC MEASURING SYSTEMS Thickness Thickness Profile (Band Edges) Proflie / Wedge Coating Coating Profile Tube Thickness Tube Profile Phase Content OPTICAL MEASURING SYSTEMS Thickness Width Position Edge Cracks Holes Pinholes Shape and Diameter Evenness / Flatness Coating 2D / 3D Surface Inspection QUALITY MANAGEMENT MEVINET-Q Data Archiving Data Analysis Logging Production Tracking Quality Evaluation Claim Evaluation FORCE MEASUREMENT Strip- / Web Tension Shape / Flatness CONTROL SYSTEMS Coating Shape / Flatness AFC