CPC H05B 7/101 (2013.01) [C21C 5/52 (2013.01); F27B 3/085 (2013.01)] | 19 Claims |
1. A method for determining electrode consumption for each heat in an electric arc furnace, comprising the steps of:
providing a baseline electrode diameter;
measuring a red tip length of an electrode column in an electrode assembly using a machine vision system;
measuring a tip diameter of the electrode column using the machine vision system; and
determining in a computer processor a modelled consumption amount of the electrode column using the measured red tip length, the measured tip diameter and the baseline electrode diameter.
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