Senior Field Service Engineer, John Fearing, started up an AGT400 at Aguascalientes Steel Coil Center. This isotope thickness gauge, located on a 72” Sonada Slitter, will measure Hot Rolled, Cold Rolled, Galvanized and Pickled Steel with a thickness range of 0.4 to 6.0 mm. Aguascalientes is a sister company of Kentucky Steel Center, which already has three other AGT400 thickness gauges.
Testing and Measurement – Metal Center News March
Advanced Gauging Technologies LLC, Plain City, Ohio, offers a new noncontact laser thickness gauge that can measure any strip material ranging from 0.040 to 0.750 inch in thickness. There is no radioactive source and no federal or state licensing requirements.
The AGT800 Laser Thickness Measurement and S.P.C. Reporting System is designed for measuring metals and any other materials that are processed in coil, sheet or strip form. It uses the latest in laser triangulation technology and provides fast, accurate and reliable thickness measurements. Direct benefits include documented compliance with ISO9002 and QS9000, in addition to improved process control, increased productvity and scrap reduction, the company claims.
The AGT800 incorporates a similar user interface and has most of the same functionality as Advanced Gauging’s AGT400 Isotope Thickness Gauge. There are no special cooling or installation requirements. It is also supported by the company’s team of field technicians.
National Orders A Thickness Gauge
In Chicago, National Processing Company experienced a fire, but that did not stop them from upgrading an obsolete Gamma 200 to an AGT400 on a 72” Pro-Eco Pickle Line. Fortunately, no one was injured during the mishap.
Ohio Company Starts Up An AGT400
John Fearing performed a startup at Ferrous Metal Processing (Brooklyn, Ohio) on an AGT400 upgrade of a GR200 thickness gauge located on their 72” Stamco Slitter.
Fulton Orders A Fourth A.G.T. Gauge
Fulton County Processing in Delta, Ohio has ordered a new AGT800 Laser Thickness Gauge for use on a Butech Bliss / Nelson Steel 74” Pickling Line. The application is for the processing of various steel alloys with a thickness range of .050” to .500”. This is Fulton’s fourth AGT thickness gauge order.