US 12,111,642 B2
Method and electronic device for monitoring a manufacturing of a metal product, related computer program and installation
Bertrand Belouin, Montrouge (FR); and Jean-Michel Arbiol, Valencia (ES)
Assigned to ARCELORMITTAL, Luxembourg (LU)
Appl. No. 17/273,612
Filed by ArcelorMittal, Luxembourg (LU)
PCT Filed Sep. 6, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IB2019/057525
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 4, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/049515, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 12, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. PCT/IB2018/056804 (WO), filed on Sep. 6, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0365018 A1, Nov. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. G05B 19/41 (2006.01); C23C 2/00 (2006.01); C23C 2/02 (2006.01); G05B 19/418 (2006.01); G06F 30/20 (2020.01); G06F 111/10 (2020.01); G06F 119/18 (2020.01); G06Q 50/04 (2012.01)
CPC G05B 19/41875 (2013.01) [C23C 2/0035 (2022.08); C23C 2/0038 (2022.08); C23C 2/004 (2022.08); C23C 2/022 (2022.08); C23C 2/51 (2022.08); C23C 2/52 (2022.08); G05B 19/4184 (2013.01); G05B 19/41885 (2013.01); G06F 30/20 (2020.01); G06F 2111/10 (2020.01); G06F 2119/18 (2020.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for monitoring a manufacturing of a metal product, the metal product being manufactured according to a manufacturing process, the manufacturing process including a manufacturing route of a manufacturing line for obtaining a final metal product with final characteristics, the manufacturing route comprising one or several intermediate metal products, each one with intermediate characteristics, and the metal product whose manufacturing is monitored being the final metal product, the metal product being chosen from among a group consisting of a slab, a coil, a beam, a bloom, a billet, and a steel product, the monitoring method being implemented by an electronic monitoring device on the manufacturing line that is connected to at least one sensor of the manufacturing line and comprising the following steps:
acquiring, from the at least one sensor, a measured value of at least one representative parameter, each representative parameter being a parameter relating to the final metal product or a parameter relating to the manufacturing process;
determining a status of the final metal product among a compliant status and an analysis status, depending on the at least one acquired measured value and on at least one target; and
when the determined status is the analysis status, computing a corrective action to be applied to the final metal product, among a set of corrective actions and depending on the at least one acquired measured value, the set of corrective actions including a product repair, a product downgrading, a product expertise and a product acceptance.