References Industrial Image Processing

Saarstahl AG, Germany, since 2002

  • Two OCR reading stations at the billet continuous casting plant in Völklingen.
  • Eight OCR reading stations at various rolling mills in Neunkirchen, Nauweiler and Burbach, with a database connection to the continuous casting plants in Völklingen.

ThyssenKrupp, Germany, since 2003

  • Two OCR reading stations in the slab rolling mill “Hoesch Hohenlimburg” in Hagen, one in front and one behind the furnace.
  • One OCR reading station in the ring rolling mill “Rothe Erde” in Dortmund for cylinders up to 450mm.

Swiss Steel, Switzerland, since 2005

  • Two OCR reading stations, one at the cooling bed in the steel mill and one in front of the furnace in the rolling mill. Both stations are connected to a database.

ArcelorMittal, Germany, since 2006

  • Two OCR reading stations in Duisburg. One at the cooling bed in the steel mill and one in front of the furnace in the rolling mill. Both stations are connected to a database.
  • Three OCR reading stations in Hamburg. Two at the cooling bed in the steel mill and one in the rolling mill. All stations are connected to a database.
  • Measurement of wire coils in transit at the C-hook.

Balboa, Spain, since 2010

  • Two OCR reading stations for beam blanks and slabs in the rolling mill.

Kardemir, Turkey, since 2011

  • Two OCR reading stations, one at the cooling bed in the steel mill and one in front of the furnace in the rolling mill. Both stations are connected to a database.

Emirate Steel Industries, GHC Abu Dhabi U.A.E., since 2011/2012

  • An OCR reading station for “Beam Blanks”.

Tenaris Group, Calasrasi Romania, 2011/2012

  • An OCR reading station for round billets on the cooling bed.

NKMK, Russia, Novokuznetsk Russia, since 2012

  • An OCR reading station in the rolling mill in Russia.

Bhilai Steel , India, since 2012

  • Two OCR reading stations for alphanumerically stamped characters on the track in a test line of SMS.
  • An OCR reading station in a steel mill.

Gerdau, USA , since 2012

  • An OCR reading station in the rolling mill.

Ternium Siderar, Argentina, since 2013

  • Two OCR reading stations for stamped characters on blooms in the steel mill.

Rocky Mountain Steel Company, Colorado, since 2013

  • An OCR reading station for stamped characters on the track in transit.

OVAKO Smedjiebacken, Sweden, since 2013

  • Two OCR reading stations in the steel mill, continuous casting, both the front and rear view are documented.
  • One OCR reading station in the rolling mill.

Arcelor Mittal Monlevarde, Brazil, since 2014

  • An OCR reading station in the steel mill.
  • Two OCR reading stations in the rolling mill.

Nucor Corporation, Darlington SC USA, since 2014

  • An OCR reading station in the steel mill.
  • Two OCR reading stations in the rolling mill.

Benteler, USA, Germany, since 2014

  • Control of a maker (different colouring) for tubes.

Badische Stahlwerke Kehl, Germany, since 2015

  • An OCR reading station in the rolling mill.

Nisco Steel Nanjing, People’s Republic of China, since 2015

  • Four OCR reading stations at different steel mills
  • Nine OCR reading stations in different rolling mills.

Hyundai Korea, since 2015

  • Three OCR reading stations in the rolling mill.

Myanmar, Danieli

  • An OCR reading station for railway tracks.

Voest Alpine Donawitz, since 2016

  • An OCR reading station at the billet grinding machine.

Arcelor Mittal Belval Luxembourg, since 2016

  • An OCR reading station in the steel mill.
  • An OCR reading station in the rolling mill.

Arcelor Mittal Ostrava, Czech Republic, since 2016

  • An OCR reading station in the rolling mill.

Nucor Utah USA, since 2017

  • An OCR reading station in the steel mill.
  • Two OCR reading stations in the rolling mill.

Stahlwerke Thüringen, since 2017

  • OCR reading station at the entrance to the rolling mill.

ND Coatings, Meyer Werft, since 2017

  • Error detection on heavy plates.
  • OCR recognition for needle embossing.