TY - GEN
T1 - Automatic slag characterization based on hyperspectral image processing
AU - Rodriguez, Sergio
AU - Picon, Artzai
AU - Gutierrez, Jose Angel
AU - Bereciartua, Arantza
AU - Iriondo, Pedro
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Nowadays, there are certain tasks that are not automated and still rely on visual inspection of an expert. In the case of the steel industry, the estimation of the deoxidation and desulfuration of steel is done at the Ladle Furnace by an expert and it is latterly analyzed in a laboratory by the use of modern spectrographs. However, the automation of this process does not constitute a trivial task. In this paper we propose a novel method for steel slag characterization, in order to automate the previous online estimation process. This paper presents the used algorithm, which is based on computer vision based hyperspectral imaging and preliminary results that forecast a promising use of optical hyperspectral technologies for this industrial application.
AB - Nowadays, there are certain tasks that are not automated and still rely on visual inspection of an expert. In the case of the steel industry, the estimation of the deoxidation and desulfuration of steel is done at the Ladle Furnace by an expert and it is latterly analyzed in a laboratory by the use of modern spectrographs. However, the automation of this process does not constitute a trivial task. In this paper we propose a novel method for steel slag characterization, in order to automate the previous online estimation process. This paper presents the used algorithm, which is based on computer vision based hyperspectral imaging and preliminary results that forecast a promising use of optical hyperspectral technologies for this industrial application.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=78650529468&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ETFA.2010.5641225
DO - 10.1109/ETFA.2010.5641225
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:78650529468
SN - 9781424468508
T3 - Proceedings of the 15th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA 2010
BT - Proceedings of the 15th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA 2010
T2 - 15th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA 2010
Y2 - 13 September 2010 through 16 September 2010
ER -