P. Herve et al., CONTINUOUS ANNEALING PROCESS-CONTROL THRO UGH SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT OF TEMPERATURE AND EMISSIVITY, Revue de métallurgie, 94(6), 1997, pp. 795
At the Fabrique de Fer de Maubeuge plant, an original device continuou
sly measures the real surface temperature of thin soft steel sheets wh
ile annealing before galvanization. The +/- 5 degrees C precision impr
oves 3 times the performances of usual infrared pyrometry and allows a
continuous process control. Another measurement carried out simultane
ously in the IR range gives the emissivity which is a characteristic p
arameter of the material.