Aluminum Casting, Rolling & Extrusion
Aluminum casting, rolling, and extrusion lines require coordinated sequence, drive, and hydraulic control according to material state. VITECH integrates control systems from molten metal transfer and billet or slab casting through rolling, extrusion, cooling, and finishing. The solution connects dimensional instruments, drives, servos, and safety interlocks to provide operators with line-wide process supervision.
1. Molten Metal Handling & Casting Automation
Molten Metal Transfer & Distribution
Monitoring temperature, level, and equipment status during molten aluminum transfer from ladles or launders to casting machines, with coordinated valves, tilting mechanisms, and pouring permissives.
Billet & Slab Casting Sequences
Programming mold preparation, start-of-cast, casting-speed, and end-of-cast sequences for continuous or semi-continuous systems, including cooling-water and emergency-stop interlocks.
2. Rolling Mill Automation
Main Drive Coordination
Integrating drives for rolling stands, coilers, and uncoilers with torque, speed, and readiness exchange for coordinated acceleration, steady running, and deceleration.
Speed Synchronization & Tension Control
Implementing sectional speed and strip-tension loops using load cells, dancers, or torque models, synchronized with threading and strip-transfer sequences.
3. Thickness, Flatness & Quality Control
Thickness Measurement & Roll-Gap Adjustment
Connecting thickness gauges with roll-gap actuators and speed data to monitor gauge deviation and support process-based setpoint adjustment.
Flatness & Coil Quality Monitoring
Integrating flatness rolls, strip temperature, mill load, and coil identification to retain coil-based process records and flag quality deviations.
4. Extrusion Press Control
Force, Pressure & Ram-Speed Control
Controlling press hydraulics through force, pressure, and speed profiles while monitoring ram and container position and overload-protection conditions.
Container, Die & Handling Sequences
Coordinating billet loaders, containers, die changers, pullers, and runout tables in an interlocked sequence from billet loading to profile reception.
5. Cooling, Quenching & Finishing
Cooling & Quenching Sequences
Controlling fans, pumps, zone valves, and conveyor speed by product type while monitoring inlet and outlet temperatures against the selected cooling profile.
Saw, Conveyor & Finishing Integration
Synchronizing flying or cold saws to target length while coordinating conveyors, stretchers, stackers, and packaging equipment by product identification.
6. Drive & Motion Integration
VFD, Servo & Motor Coordination
Configuring drives and servos by axis function, managing enable, homing, speed or torque references, and encoder feedback within machine sequences.
Load Monitoring & Line Synchronization
Monitoring motor current, torque, temperature, and protection status while implementing upstream and downstream interlocks for sectional stopping and restart.
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