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Device for thickness measurement and method therefor

US9335164B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

SMS group GmbH · DE

Inventors

Jörg Bausch · Mülheim an der Ruhr, DE
Josef Karduck · Mülheim an der Ruhr, DE
Andreas Runge · Remscheid, DE
Johannes Schwedmann · Duisburg, DE
Jochen Wans · Meerbusch, DE
Karl-Heinz Spitzer · Clausthal-Zellerfeld, DE
Hellfried Eichholz · Peine, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 10, 2008
Grant date	May 10, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 3, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB22D11/18
WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A device and a method for measuring thickness in horizontal strip casting installations for casting strip or sections. A measuring device measures the thickness of the liquid or pasty melt in the mold. The measuring device operates without contact by a laser and an optical sensor that are arranged so that the surface of the liquid or pasty melt is monitored, whereby the thickness distribution over an entire width of the melt is measured. A measuring signal is generated, and a control signal is generated based on the measuring signal in order to control a device for distributing the melt.

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