Fiber Optic Sensing Technologies Supporting Advancements In Steel Production And The Shift To Industry 4.0

Abstract

New and existing sensors based on fiber optic technologies have shown great promise for applications in steel manufacture. These new highly distributed and remote sensing capabilities promise to provide both researchers and operators with a view into their processes that was previously unattainable only a few years ago. With these new systems now becoming available, the next step toward Industry 4.0 is the integration of these systems with the advanced analytic tools that are now also becoming available. I have little doubt that this combination will prove to have significant benefits to the steel manufacturing industry as measured by productivity, cost, quality, environmental impact, and efficiency. I think that Henry Marion Howe would be impressed both with how far the science and technology of steelmaking has advanced and with the promising advancements the future has yet to deliver.

Department(s)

Materials Science and Engineering

Comments

U.S. Department of Energy, Grant SP4701-20-C-0076

Keywords and Phrases

fiber optics; model validation; sensing; slag and flux chemistry measurement; steel; strain measurement; temperature measurement

International Standard Book Number (ISBN)

978-093076721-1

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

1551-6997

Document Type

Article - Conference proceedings

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Citation

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text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2023 Association for Iron and Steel Technology, All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Jan 2023

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