Advanced Equipment Tracking in High-Temperature Production Environments at voestalpine and Dillinger

摘要

Fully automatic detection of moving vessels like ladles, slagpots, torpedos, etc. is a common requirement in the steel industry. Extensive heat, dust, smoke and changing lighting conditions are known problems which are complicating this task. Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH has a new approach to overcome these problems. Basis is the three-dimensional measurement of the vessel surface. The recognition and evaluation of characteristics and unique features leads to the identification of the equipment.