www.apisensor.com Press Release from Automated Precision Deutschland GmbH, Im Breitspiel 17, 69126 Heidelberg, Germany Contact: Marc Keinert, Phone: +49 6221 729 805-0, [email protected] Steel Production (Flat Iron): Rollers alignment with the Laser Tracker Bauteilträger für den Airbus - Aussen- und Innenaufnahme. Rot: Das Simulationsgewicht für den späteren Flugzeugrumpf. Der Laser Tracker (jeweils Bildmitte) dient zum Messen, Justieren und Einstellen des Trägers. Arcelor Mittal is an international steel company, created in 2007 from the Mittal Steel Company and Arcelor. The company has about 60 production facilities in more than two dozen countries employing approximately 320,000 workers. Arcelor Mittal is, in all respects, by far the largest steel producer in the world and is one of the world's leading international corporations. At the production site in Fos-sur-Mer (France) the API laser trackers are used for alignment of rollers in the flat iron production - but that’s not the only area where the company uses them. The API Laser Tracker which easily fits in an average car trunk (including all accessories such as a Tripod for quick changes of location), provides the solution for many measurement tasks which previously could not be performed without accepting much higher cost or/and much lower accuracy. Guy Priaud, Reliability & Predictive Maintenance Manager at Arcelor Mittal in Fos-sur-Mer near Marseille: "We have been using our API Laser Tracker since mid-2005. It was purchased primarily to inspect the orientation of the rolls before reassembly in our hot rolling mill. In the past, the solution for this task required time-consuming measurement efforts.” Operating 24 hours a day, the cylinders of the hot rolling mill need to be replaced and refurbished regularly. Technician in measurement technology Descaves during a check of a roller for the hot rolling mill of Arcelor Mittal in Fos-sur-Mer/ France.

www.apisensor.com Press Release from Automated Precision Deutschland GmbH, Im Breitspiel 17, 69126 Heidelberg, Germany Contact: Marc Keinert, Phone: +49 6221 729 805-0, [email protected] The working plant in Fos-sur-Mer – originally planned in the seventies and designed for an annual production of 8-9 million tons of steel - has a road network more than 50 km in length. Today 3,500 Arcelor Mittal employees (plus 1,500 employees from other companies) produce only 4.5 million tons of steel annually. Mr. Descaves isone of four employees in the department, and is responsible for carrying...

www.apisensor.com Press Release from Automated Precision Deutschland GmbH, Im Breitspiel 17, 69126 Heidelberg, Germany Contact: Marc Keinert, Phone: +49 6221 729 805-0, [email protected] The port facilities of Arcelor in Fos-sur-Mer. The outdoor measurements took place in 40m height on a crane (right, in the back- ground). Measurements are not only taken at the Arcelor plant in Fos-sur-Mer. More and more measurement tasks take place at the suppliers facilities to control the quality and accuracy of produced “as ordered“parts, even before they are delivered. Mr Descaves: “Not all suppliers...

www.apisensor.com Press Release from Automated Precision Deutschland GmbH, Im Breitspiel 17, 69126 Heidelberg, Germany Contact: Marc Keinert, Phone: +49 6221 729 805-0, [email protected] Measurements in the interior of a container In summary, the API Laser Trackerat Arcelor Mittal has now taken over a lot more tasks than those for which it was originally intended. The reason for this is the fact that the portable measuring system can be transported very easily to every location. After a quick setup the test readings are available. The achieved accuracies as well as the achievable operating...