Process Metrix

Process Matrix, LLC

Thomas Lawrence Harvill

Michel Pierre Bonin

Soren Jensen

Jared Hubert Hoog

Alan Stanley Alsing

Michel P Bonin

Michel Piere Bonin

Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed to characterize the wear and measure temperature of a surface of a lining of a metallurgical container. Wear characterization is accomplished by a scanning device by making thickness measurements of the lining and surface temperature measurements are made using a two-color pyrometer integrated with the scanning device where surface temperature is measured by correlating a ratio of two light intensities to the surface temperature. A controller controls operation of the scanning device and the two-color pyrometer.

Scanning laser range finder with surface temperature measurement using two-color pyrometry

Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for the characterization of the integrity and profile measurement of a caster mold by use of a scanning device, a positioning fixture, and a data reduction device connected to the scanning device, the data reduction device being configured to characterize the integrity and to measure the profile of the caster mold by comparing scanned distances to reference distance values.

Caster mold measurements using a scanning range finder

Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed to detect and measure cracks in the lining of a container. A typical apparatus includes a scanning device to acquire a cloud of data points by measuring distances from the scanning device to a plurality of points on the surface of lining material and a controller to fit a polygonal mesh and a minimum surface through the cloud of data points, a crack being detected by a portion of the polygonal mesh containing a connected group of polygons that extends past the minimum surface beyond a threshold distance.

Crack detection and measurement in a metallurgical vessels

Apparatuses, systems, and methods to monitor the integrity of a container protected by a refractory material are disclosed having a first radiation detector to measure an external surface temperature of the container, a first radiation source to measure a thickness of the refractory material, and a central controller configured to display to a user the measurement of the external surface temperature of the container and the measurement of the thickness of the refractory material.

Apparatus, process, and system for monitoring the integrity of containers

The present invention relates generally to high-temperature vessels lined with refractory material. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method for implementation of tracking and contouring systems, automated collection of data, and processing of the measured data in either a stationary or a mobile configuration to accurately determine profiles of localized refractory thickness and/or bath height of molten material in the high-temperature vessel using the tracking system to fix the position of the contouring system with respect to the vessel.

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Alamo, CA, United States of America

Thomas Lawrence Harvill