Metal quality and casting safety.

AMETEK Land has supported a major India-based manufacturer in its metal quality and casting safety goals.

DN Castech, an engineering components manufacturer operating in Gujarat, works with many major global brands and must ensure a high-quality product through accurate measurements of the liquid metal during the casting process.

The company had been using dip thermocouples for this application. However, these have a long measurement time, require operators to get quite close to the hot process, and use disposable tips.

Experiencing high costs for maintenance, calibration, and monthly consumables, DN Castech wanted to find a more cost-effective solution that would also improve both measurement accuracy and user safety.

The company turned to AMETEK Land’s Cyclops 055L portable pyrometer, which provides highly accurate measurements of liquid metal temperatures in the range of 1,000 to 2,000 °C (1,832 to 3,632 °F), with high repeatability. The Cyclops 055L takes a fast non-contact measurement within two seconds and is ergonomically designed for single-handed use. It increases safety as the operator can be positioned 5 or 6 metres away from the molten metal, simply pointing the device and pulling the trigger when they wish to take a measurement.

AMETEK Land also supplied its Model RPI 10000 BT LED display unit, which connects wirelessly with the Cyclops 055L using Bluetooth to provide instant, real-time temperature measurement updates on its 4-inch-high, seven-segment screen. With a 50-metre connectivity range, the LED display unit allows the pyrometer to be used easily throughout the foundry to validate temperature data for quality and process control, without the safety hazards that cable connections could cause.

Before the Cyclops 055L was introduced, DN Castech was spending around 540,000 rupees a year on dip thermocouples, using 30 thermocouple tips per day. Since the Cyclops 055L has no consumables and eliminates the time spent replacing tips, it offered a rapid return on investment.

It also met DN Castech’s requirements for a more accurate and safer liquid metal temperature measurement solution.

Shri Dhirubhai Patel, Managing Director at DN Castech, said: “The Cyclops 055L has been easy to use and provides a fast measurement. It is highly accurate, even while pouring, right up to the last mould. Its performance and excellent return on our investment mean we would certainly recommend AMETEK Land for this application.”

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