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ifm Automation Technology for the Steel Industry Catalogue 2015/2016

ifm Automation Technology for the Steel Industry Catalogue 2015/2016
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ifm Automation Technology for the Steel Industry Catalogue 2015/2016

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Overview: The document is a comprehensive catalogue from ifm, focusing on automation technology for the steel industry. It highlights the importance of automated manufacturing for economic success and emphasizes ifm's commitment to reliability and innovation in sensor technology and condition-based maintenance.
Company Information: ifm is a global company with a presence in over 70 countries, offering a wide range of sensors and systems for automation. The company prioritizes customer proximity, quality assurance, and ecological production, with a strong emphasis on innovation and reliability.
Standards and Approvals: The document lists various standards and approvals relevant to the steel industry, including ATEX, CE, CSA, and UL, ensuring compliance with safety and quality regulations across different regions.
Steelworks Applications: The catalogue details specific applications of ifm products in steelworks, such as pressure monitoring, temperature measurement, and vibration monitoring. It highlights the role of sensors in enhancing plant reliability and efficiency.
Product Range: ifm offers a comprehensive range of products, including pressure sensors, level sensors, temperature sensors, and vibration monitoring systems, tailored for various applications in steel production processes.
Technological Advancements: The document underscores the importance of modern production plants and automation in maintaining high-quality steel production at low costs. It also discusses the role of sensors in providing diagnostic information for condition-based maintenance.
Customer Support and Services: ifm provides extensive customer support through workshops, seminars, and an e-shop for convenient order processing. The company ensures timely delivery and offers a 5-year warranty on standard units.
Gas Supply in Sintering Process: The sintering process involves heating sinter material and using negative pressure to suck it onto a grate. Gas pressure is monitored with electronic sensors to ensure a steady feed.
Conveyor Belt Monitoring: Safety relays with sensors ensure conveyor belts are centered and no emergency stop is triggered.
Pressure Sensors: Various pressure sensors are used for gas monitoring, pump protection, and system pressure monitoring, with specifications such as process connection, display type, measuring range, and voltage requirements.
Safety Technology: Evaluation relays and safety switches are integrated into AS-i Safety networks for enhanced safety and easy installation.
Pump and Cooling Circuit Monitoring: Heavy-duty pumps are protected from cavitation using pressure sensors, while cooling circuits in blast furnaces are monitored with flow sensors for safe operation.
Hydraulic Power Packs and Hatch Monitoring: Sensors detect level and temperature in hydraulic power packs, and inductive sensors monitor hatches in steel production.
Level and Slide Monitoring at Silos: Capacitive sensors detect material levels, and pneumatic slides are monitored with magnetic sensors.
Slag Detection and Air Supply Monitoring: Vibration analysis detects slag in shroud tube manipulators, and pressure sensors monitor compressed air systems.
Energy Efficiency and Cooling Circuit Monitoring: Compressed air meters detect consumption and leaks, while flow and temperature sensors ensure reliable operation of electric arc furnace cooling circuits.
Continuous Casting and Flame Cutter Monitoring: Flow sensors monitor cooling in casting plants, and pressure sensors ensure reliable gas supply to flame cutters.
Crane Installation Safety: Laser distance sensors prevent crane collisions, and inductive sensors limit trolley travel.
Hot Rolling Mill Applications: Various sensors monitor positioning, flow, temperature, pressure, and vibration in different stages of the hot rolling mill process.
Specifications: The document lists various sensors, including laser distance measurement sensors, high-temperature inductive sensors, photoelectric distance sensors, infrared temperature sensors, flow sensors, and vibration sensors. Each sensor type is described with its operating principles, range, material, and order numbers.
Procedures: Key procedures include monitoring the material at the furnace inlet and outlet, detecting billet positions, monitoring furnace doors, and ensuring proper cooling water volume. The document also covers pressure and temperature monitoring in lubrication systems and descaling lines.
Standards and Recommendations: The document emphasizes the importance of using sensors that can withstand high temperatures and harsh conditions. It recommends using protective housings and cooling systems for sensors exposed to extreme environments.
Key Data and Tables: The document includes tables detailing sensor specifications such as dimensions, sensing range, material, protection ratings, and order numbers. It also provides information on the response time and pressure ratings for various sensors.
Critical Information: The document highlights the necessity of continuous monitoring of system parameters to ensure high plant uptime and prevent equipment damage. It stresses the importance of using sensors with extended temperature ranges and robust designs.
Cold Rolling Mill Applications: The document provides technical specifications and operational guidelines for various sensors and equipment used in a cold rolling mill. It includes details on positioning, monitoring, and control systems essential for efficient mill operations.
Inductive Sensors: These sensors are characterized by their increased sensing ranges, robust construction, and suitability for diverse environments, including high-temperature and chemically aggressive settings.
Photoelectric Sensors: These sensors are known for their robustness, compact design, and high performance, suitable for harsh environments.
Flow Sensors: The document describes robust mechatronic flow sensors that operate on the principle of a spring-supported piston. These sensors are suitable for volumetric flow quantities ranging from 15 l/min to 200 l/min, with a fast response time of ≤ 10 ms.
Temperature Sensors: The document details various Pt100 and Pt1000 temperature sensors, including cable and probe sensors. Specifications cover measuring ranges, diameters, cable materials, and dynamic response times.
AS-Interface Components: The document provides detailed specifications and descriptions of various AS-Interface (AS-i) components used in industrial automation, including target pucks, feedback systems, controllers, gateways, power supplies, I/O modules, and field modules.
Vibration Sensors and Diagnostic Units: Vibration sensors are crucial for permanent vibration monitoring in industrial settings, designed to prevent machine damage.
Industrial Sockets and Connectors: The document provides detailed specifications and descriptions of various industrial sockets and connectors, focusing on M12 and M8 types.
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Automation Technology

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Modern production lines in steelmaking ensure economic success The steel industry is among the largest and best-established economic sectors worldwide. It has always been an important driving force of the economy. Its products are indispensable for other industries such as automotive and construction. Quality, reliability and economic efficiency in the production of steel products can only be ensured by means of automated manufacturing facilities. A central objective of ifm is to increase reliability and operational availability of production lines. In addition to the proven sensor technology,...

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General information Cold rolling mill

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The company in your vicinity. State-of-the-art communication. With the right address – www.ifm.com – only a mouse click separates you from the world of automation technology. See the power of our products in interactive representations. Gain an impression with 3-dimensional views of our units. Download CAD drawings for direct integration in your applications. Or order online in ifm's e-shop – fast, convenient and reliable. We are there for you. Close contact with our customers is part of our success. Therefore we have consistently developed our sales network right from the start. Today the ifm...

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Not only components. ifm stands for a large range of different sensors and systems for automation. Our range of of more than 7,800 articles guarantees flexibility and compatibility. So there is always a reliable solution for your automation projects – from the individual sensor with practical accessories to the complete system. Availability guaranteed. Your deadlines matter to us. That is why we are constantly optimising our production processes in order to be able to quickly and flexibly produce large quantities at a constantly high quality – and to continue to shorten delivery times. Your order...

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General information Information around the clock and around the globe in 23 languages on the internet. sensor*, networking antf control systems - tfm electronic - Windows Internet Explorer ronrfJllflB HUMI (toting wtMH SytleniA i1 i mobile mictiirwi Connexion [edirHkm thing of the past. Tcfnpcrature'blug - whirl Innwatfais .w""^ "nffirf flJOP HW1 w*fr 4-mrrt e&vnmit. interactive product selection aids configuration tools data sheet direct virtual product animations flash movies (video sequences) product recommendations calculation aids recall service live advice e-shop processing e-procurement...

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General information Convenient order processing ■ wnuri., nrivwUiq incF control ipttvmi - IFm vlKtronk - Wlnfaw-i kilvnwT E?ploi*r Customer-related price Real time availability check Personal product favourites Online parcel tracking Individual order history Convenient quick input form Simple order processing ifm's automation technology is used to for applications in many different types of plant in almost all industries. Learn how ifm can improve your production. Application examples can be found on Already available in many countries.

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3A Sanitary Standards, Inc. (3-A SSI) is an independent, not-for-profit corporation dedicated to advancing hygienic equipment design for the food, beverage, and pharmaceutical industries. Actuator-Sensor Interface. Bus system for the first binary field level. Atmosphère Explosible. ATEX comprises the directives of the European Union in the field of explosion protection. On the one hand there is the 94/9/EC ATEX product directive and on the other hand the 1999/92/EC ATEX operation directive. CCC (China Compulsory Certification) is a compulsory Chinese certification for certain products put on...

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The Deutscher Kalibrierdienst (DKD) is an association of calibration laboratories of industrial firms, research institutes, technical authorities, inspection and testing institutes. The DKD calibration certificates prove traceability to national standards as required in ISO 9000 and ISO / IEC 17025. They also serve as a metrological basis for the control of measurement and test equipment within the framework of quality management. Approval by the Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (German Federal Motor Transport Authority). The e1 type approval by the German Federal Motor Transport Authority certifies that...

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Product selectors and further information can be found at: www.ifm.com

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Product group From page Coke plant Position detection of a furnace door Position detection of a filling machine Inductive sensors Cylinder sensors Pulse evaluation systems Hydraulic power pack of a pusher Pressure monitoring in hydraulic power packs Temperature sensors Vibration monitoring Vibration monitoring systems Pressure sensors Temperature sensors Hatch monitoring at silos Inductive sensors Pressure monitoring at the air inlet Pressure sensors Decentralised speed monitoring Pulse evaluation systems Safety switches in AS-i Safety at Work AS-Interface Safety at Work Integration of mechanical...

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Product group From page Material supply at a converter Slide monitoring at silos Capacitive sensors Pressure monitoring at a compressed air reservoir Pressure sensors Energy efficiency measurement of the compressed air Flow sensors / flow meters Level sensors Pressure monitoring at the distributor Pressure sensors Slag detection at a shroud tube manipulator Vibration monitoring systems Monitoring of the cooling circuits Flow sensors / flow meters Temperature sensors Vibration monitoring Inductive sensors Level monitoring at silos Hatch monitoring at silos Cylinder sensors Vibration monitoring...

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Modern production plants in steelmaking ensure economic success. Today’s steel industry with its modern blast furnaces for pig iron production and the different converter methods can make products with a consistently high quality at low cost. Because there is a high degree of plant automation the reliability of the components is a critical factor for the economic efficiency of the companies. Here, sensors play a special role. Whereas in the past they were only used for process control they today provide additional information about the plant condition. Required maintenance and repair can be planned...

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