| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/M89270/01 |
| Title: |
IMPROVING QUALITY USING ELECTROMAGNETIC SENSING TECHNIQUES (IQUEST) |
| Principal Investigator: |
Davis, Professor C |
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| Department: |
Metallurgy and Materials |
| Organisation: |
University of Birmingham |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 October 1999 |
Ends: |
31 October 2002 |
Value (£): |
85,323
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Electromagnetics |
Materials Processing |
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| Manufacturing |
Electronics |
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This proposal offers a primary research and exploitation route to a system for improving the quality of steel products by monitoring cooling transformations during manufacture. The research will lead to a prototype demonstration system monitoring and later controlling cooling transformation on a hot strip mill. During the project, primary research will be performed to underpin the relationship between the transformation kinetics and the dynamic electromagnetic properties of the steel. In parallel, new intelligent, multi-coil, multi-frequency, electromagnetic sensor elements will be devised and developed. An array of elements will then be constructed. The signal and data processing algorithms required to extract suitable control and monitoring parameters from the sensor elements will be designed based on the metallurgical results. Finally, the system will be used to monitor the transformation of hot steel strip as it progresses through the cooling water spray on the mill run-out table.The university investigators will work closely with 5 companies. These represent a possible future supply chain for the complete system from a specialised component producer to an end-user.
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http://www.bham.ac.uk |