US steel mill installs fully automated cranes system
A programmable logic controller unit controls the drives to position the crane for the handling of each coil from the mill as well as the positioning of the coil in the proper staging area of the autonomous coil yard.
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Coils due to leave the facility being mounted on a transfer car. -
A programmable logic controller unit controls the drives to position the... -
Cephas is proprietary operational software that has been developed by Morgan... -
A Heppenstall grab – a below-the-hook lifting device – in action at the... -
Cephas is proprietary operational software that has been developed by Morgan... -
Data is collected by a series of sensors throughout the building -
A fully autonomous coil yard management system has been developed. -
Coils due to leave the facility being mounted on a transfer car. -
The Cephas system measures coil temperature using the thermal imaging cameras... -
A Morgan technician programs the Siemens programmable logic controller to... -
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A Heppenstall grab – a below-the-hook lifting device – in action at the... -
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The Cephas system measures coil temperature using the thermal imaging cameras... -
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A typical control cabinet houses drives and other hardware to run the crane... -
A custom yard map at the steel mill optimises the placement of every coil. -
A custom yard map at the steel mill optimises the placement of every coil.
