AIC provides solutions to automatically tie and tag bundles of profiles, sections, rebars and wire rod coils. The main benefits are increased operator safety, better plant productivity, cost reduction and reduced errors in product identification and tracking
Tagging of semi-finished or finished products is a requirement at steel plants and requested by customers for material tracking, and to aid product quality control.
Manual tagging of bundles of bars in mill stocking areas with pre-printed labels is the traditional method but it has a high error rate. Typically 5% of bundles are not tagged or tagged with the wrong tag, which equates to an average of 30 bundles per shift at the average plant. Such an operation tends to occur in the stocking areas of mills, so there are hazards associated with heavy equipment, roller tables and overhead cranes.
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