Vision-Guided Robotics Provide a Flexible, Automated Billet Tagging Solution

摘要

Steel mills have recognized the need for tagging material as it comes out of the caster for many years. Both integrated mills and mini-mills, whether producing slabs, billets, blooms or blanks, have used metal tags as a way in which to accurately identify and track product for both internal purposes and for external customer demands. Information, such as heat numbers, stand numbers and cut numbers, give mills the ability to track and trace back in order to ensure quality standards.