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Topical theme    Automatic diagnosis of periodic cold strip defects
 

A central task when diagnosing the causes of periodic strip defects is to identify the plant and equipment components, process signals and incoming periodic strip defects that can be characterised proportional to the strip speed by “defect frequencies“. A system has been developed for this purpose that was installed in a two-stand skin-pass mill in 2003.>>>
Topical theme    Vibration analysis
The occurrence of undesirable plant and equipment vibrations often has a negative influence on product quality and on the service life of the plant and equipment. The BFI provides assistance in their detection and evaluation, using state-of-the-art measurement and analysis techniques.>>>