industry
Hot forged steel identification and product tracking
through annealing processes
| Object | Steel Forged product |
|---|---|
| Steel industry |
Attach tag at temperatures from room temperature to 800℃ →Heat treatment ( 1100℃ x 18hours ) |
| Case5 | HEATPROOF HP-L90 |
・Improve product tracking
・Eliminate mixed steel issues and incorrectly identified metal
Previous management method
Hand marking with heat resistant chalk
Hand writing on forged products using heat resistant chalk
Heat treatment and forging processes
Forged product is produced but may require additional forging processes
Final product after cutting work
Point of Problem
- Marking is necessary after each heat treatment
- Product is incorrectly identified or hand writing is
difficult to read. This leads to identification errors.
Heat treatment cycles may cause the hand
written mark to be illegible.
Re-markingProduct is
mis-identified leading to
mixed steel issues
Solution by HEATPROOF
- Provide product identification which will survive all processes.
- Eliminate identification errors
- Use barcode scanners to verify product identification and eliminate human reading errors
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HP-L90 tag can be stud welded, spot welded or nailed to steel product
Heat treatment
and Forging
repeatedlyCompletion of half-Finish products
HP-L90 tag survives multiple reheat cycles avoiding the need to re-identify products
→ Remarking is not necessary.
→Accurate product tracking through
complete process by using HP-L90 tag with scanable barcodes
Final product after cutting work
→HP Tag is detached at final process.
