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May 2, 2014 By Nick Hunkar

Mill Steel Upgrades Gauger

Mill Steel’s Jeffersonville, Indiana plant placed an AGT400 order to upgrade a BSK gauge. This AGT400 will be located on a 72” Pro-Eco Slitter and will measure material with a thickness range of .010” – .250”.

April 28, 2014 By Nick Hunkar

AGT400 Ships To Heidtman Steel

An AGT400 was shipped today to Heidtman Steel for use on a 78” Alcos Slitter at their new East Chicago location. Heidtman will now have AGT400 thickness gauges at five different facilities.

April 24, 2014 By Nick Hunkar

Shipped & Started In Chicago

Last week we shipped an AGT400 to Chicago, Illinois. Today, John Fearing started it up as an upgrade to an obsolete GR200. This gauging system is located on a 72” Pro-Eco Pickle Line at National Processing Company. They also have AGT400 systems at their Indiana, Pennsylvania and Nuevo Leon, Mexico facilities.

April 14, 2014 By Nick Hunkar

AGT400 Ships To Nebraska

Valmont Industries (Valmont, Nebraska) accepts delivery of a new AGT400. This is Valmont’s first thickness gauge and is located on a 79” Herr-Voss Slitter.

April 1, 2014 By Nick Hunkar

NONCONTACT STRIP-THICKNESS MEASUREMENT

Advanced Gauging Technologies, LLC, Plain City, OH, introduces the AGT800 laser thickness gauge—an online noncontact device equipped to measure any strip material 0.040 to 0.750 in. thick. The first production system, say company officials, went to a 96- by 0.750-in. Butech stretch leveler-CTL line that shipped in mid-September 2013.

The thickness gauge and its accompanying SPC reporting system is designed to measure the thickness of metal alloys and any other materials processed in coil, sheet or strip form. Two Keyence laser sensors mount above and below the strip; laser-triangulation technology provides quick, accurate and reliable thickness measurements.

SPC reports include a graphic representation of strip thickness over the coil length, with indications locating out-of-tolerance material; a defect-summary report describing each defect type and its respective location in the coil; and a system-setup report. Benefits include documented compliance with ISO 9002 and QS 9000 requirements, in addition to improved process control, increased productivity and scrap reduction.

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