Temperature measurement solution for foundry
April 2024
Temperature Measurement
AMETEK Land, a world-leading manufacturer of highly accurate infrared pyrometers, scanners and thermal imagers, is helping an Indian foundry to support metal quality and reduce ongoing costs. LADA Foundry is focused on delivering top-quality products from its SG/ductile iron plant, which requires accurate measurements of the liquid metal during the casting process.
Traditionally, the foundry used dip thermocouple tips in combination with a pyrometer, which takes longer, and increases operator risk and cost. AMETEK Land’s Cyclops 055L portable pyrometer can address all these issues.
Capable of taking a non-contact measurement in under two seconds, the Cyclops improves operator safety with its point-and-shoot function, allowing the operator to be positioned several metres away from the molten metal. It also significantly reduces the use and cost of disposable dip-type thermometers, and improves measurement accuracy with its clear, wide-angle field of view and clearly defined measurement area for precision sighting.
After implementing the Cyclops into its process, LADA Foundry stopped using thermocouple tips completely, resulting in a cost savings of approximately INR 7 million.
LADA foundry plant head, Yuvraj Patil, said: “The Cyclops 055L provides us with a safe, accurate and fast temperature measurement, and is helping us to improve production at our facility. Because the Cyclops is portable, we can measure each mould pouring temperature at the furnace, which helps to avoid super-heating.” Its rugged instrument casing means the Cyclops 055L is used by foundry operators worldwide in a wide range of applications including melting furnaces, ladle treatment locations, pouring sectors, blast furnace runners and liquid metal transfers.
For more information contact AMETEK Land, +27 12 464 1791, [email protected], www.ametek-land.com
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