The TW Infrared temperature sensors are great for industries that require temperature measurements or part detection in areas that are too hot to use standard position or temperature sensors, such as the manufacturing of asphalt, coated metal, liquids, glass, rubber, wood, ceramics, plastics, lacquers, paper, and fabric.
The steel industry is one of the biggest and most important industries worldwide. It has always been a major driving force of the economy. Its products are indispensable, for example, in metal processing, automotive manufacturing, mechanical engineering and in the construction industry. Only state-of-the-art, highly automated and extremely reliable production lines guarantee economic success in steel production.
After a white-hot billet has moved out of the furnace, the furnace door must be closed again. The billet is then transported to a roughing stand on a roller conveyor. An infrared temperature sensor reliably detects that the billet is no longer in the door area.
To ensure a high surface quality during hot rolling of billets, descalers blast the metal surface with pressurized water to remove the scale. An infrared temperature sensor detects the billet on the roller table in front of the descaler. The sensor detects the infrared radiation emitted by the hot billet and generates a switching signal at the switching output. This switching signal opens the water supply to the spray nozzles of the descaling unit.
Rubber is melted at high temperatures and mixed with raw materials for manufacturing purposes. Infrared temperature sensors can be used to monitor the temperature in these mixers. Once the compounded materials with the desired characteristics are produced, they are sent to machines for further processing. In the tire manufacturing process; the assembled tire is heated to 300°F to bond the components and cure the rubber. The TW series infrared temperature sensors verifies the temperature is met for proper construction.
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