PIKE achieved the last guaranteed parameter "Reduction of out tolerance winding temperature at end of strip by 50% from current state" and got the acceptance.

Project included implementation of  new Strip Laser Speed Measurement and tuning of L2 laminar cooling model at ArcelorMittal Ostrava Steckel Mill. Part of implementation was also  integration between Strip Laser Speed Measurement system and Raytek System for Transverse Temperature Strip Measurement. This solution does possible accurate x,y temperature checking within the strip.

PIKE AUTOMATION company along with representatives of PIKE ELECTRONIC company attended the 8th International Metallurgical Technology tradefair METEC 2011(June 28 - July 2, 2011, Düsseldorf, Germany) and presented the 6Screens concept - SOA and System Integration in Metals. Find more information in the following video of PIKE AUTOMATION: 
http://www.youtube.com/user/MetalAutomation

Recently, PIKE attended the AISTech 2011 exhibition and conference held in Indiana Convention Center, Indianapolis, Indiana. The show was very succesfull. This yearś event had 5489 attendees, 413 exhibitors from 17 countries and about 18% of the exhibitors were international. During the exhibition were performed 85 technical sessions which makes it the largest technical program in the history of AIST. PIKE employees performed 5 technical sessions concerning topics Integrated Steelmaking Plant Process Automation and Optimization, An Advanced Control System of a Slab Reheating Furnace and Optimization, An Effective Interstand Cooling in Hot Strip Mill, A Monitor for Thermomechanical Rolling of Steel Plate, On-Line Quality Data Warehouse for Metallurgy. PIKE's stand visited more than 500 attendees from the large steel making community and is still receiving a lot of possitive feedback, so PIKE will definitely attend to the next year's exhibition held in Atlanta, Georgia.

PIKE ELECTRONIC is participating in the 8th International Metallurgical Technology Trade Fair METEC, which will take place from 28.06 - 02.07.2011 in Dϋsseldorf.

In December 2010 Pike Automation started up the new Variable-flow Interstand Cooling System (ISC) for Hot Strip Mill in ArcelorMittal plant, Vanderbijlpark, South Africa. Pike Automation supplied integrated mechanical, electrical and automation solution. The new system was installed just 3 months after the order was received. It will improve the finishing mill exit temperature control as well as the skid marks removal.