Fiber optic monitoring of lining wearage
| Reference number | |
| Coordinator | ACREO SWEDISH ICT AB - Acreo Fiberlab Hudiksvall |
| Funding from Vinnova | SEK 2 000 000 |
| Project duration | April 2011 - January 2014 |
| Status | Completed |
Purpose and goal
The aim with the project was to tecnically and commercially evaluate and verify a fiber optic early warning system for lining condition. The goal was to achieve a good platform for further commersiallization of the technology. Technically the major parts of above have been achieved, but still more work is needed before a reliable system ready for commersialisation is avilable. Calculations show that the segment steel-ladles have good commercial potential and can be considered as good business case for a developed sensor system.
Results and expected effects
An industrial manufactuing process of robous sensor carpets have been developed by the swedisch company NikeTech, also interresed in further exlploitation and volume production. Installations have been made in steel ladles at SSAB. For the same process a commecial analysis show good business potential.
Approach and implementation
As a start a requirement specification based on functional demands from the steel industry and the installationenvironment was set up. Based on that, various materials where teseted individually in the lab and thereafter in combinations in a specially made testbed for simualting the real environment. An industrial manufacturing process for the sensor carpets where developed and finally these sensor carpets where installed in a steel ladle and evaluated. In parallell a commercial evaluation of the sensor system was made and its business potential deduced.