AMETEK Land, the world’s leading manufacturer of monitors and analysers for industrial non-contact temperature measurement, has released a new video demonstrating its technology working live within a UK steel plant. Filmed at
Marcegaglia UK’s Sheffield steelworks, it provides a useful insight for customers wanting to see exactly how LAND’s products solve challenges in this demanding industrial environment.
Narrated by Marcegaglia UK’s Phil Smales, the video guides viewers through the stainless steel melt shop, showing how the mill operates, and how Land solutions are used in the process. There is a particular focus on Land’s slag detection system (SDS V2) with the IMAGEPRO-SDS software, which plays a key role in ensuring quality in the plant’s Argon Oxygen Decarburisation (AOD) process, using the mid-wave camera technology.
James Cross, Land’s head of industry management, discusses the longstanding partnership between Land and Marcegaglia UK and demonstrates other solutions for the steel process, including the Cyclops L portable pyrometer which is ideal for liquid steel temperatures, replacing dip thermocouples for increased user safety.
He said: “I feel like we are part of the digital ecosystem that helps with the operation and efficiency of the Marcegaglia UK plant, and we are proud to be a part of that. We have developed a great partnership with the team there, and I am delighted that, with this new video, customers can see for themselves the difference that we are making. It is the first video of this kind that we have produced, and one we believe will help industrial plant operators understand how we can forge a similar collaboration with them, meeting their own unique steel production challenges.”
Mr Smales concluded: “The main challenges are keeping tight control on temperatures and the materials. The Land team looks at our processes and comes up with ideas or equipment that could enhance our processes in our plant for future operations.”
Part of Marcegaglia, a leading global industrial group, Marcegaglia UK is the largest precision tube manufacturer in the UK, delivering carbon steel product solutions for customers worldwide.