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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2022
Paneratech, Inc., Chantilly, VA (US);
Yakup Bayram, Falls Church, VA (US);
Minh Quang-Quoctran, Ashburn, VA (US);
PaneraTech, Inc., Chantilly, VA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a system and a method for determining the thickness of a refractory material forming part of a manufacturing vessel, such as a furnace or ladle, using a surface profile scanning while the vessel is maintained at operating temperatures. The system and method are operative to determine the relative positionings of an internal surface and the corresponding external surface of such material, based on a plurality of surface profile data scans. Additionally, a computational algorithm can process these data and/or other data to determine certain flaws of the refractory material, including the presence of gaps within and bending or deformation of such material for a more accurate determination of its thickness. This provides a way to early warn a user of the risk of continuing operating the vessel, achieve a higher operational safety, and more accurately estimate both the remaining operational life and the maintenance plan of the vessel.