Manchester research nominated in The Engineer Awards 2009
November 2009
Congratulations to Professor Anthony Peyton, whose research on Advanced Microstructure Analysis using Induction Spectoscopy (AMAIS) has been nominated for the Engineer Awards 2009.
Professor Peyton is the Principle Investigator in a consortium that comprises the University of Manchester, the University of Birmingham, the steel producer, Corus UK, and technology provider Organised Technology Ltd.
They are carrying out fundamental research involving novel multi-frequency electromagnetic techniques to analyse microstructure. The team’s research has resulted in the development of a unique system to monitor the degree of phase transformation in the product across the complete transformation range of 0 – 100 %. The system uses multi-frequency sensors installed at critical positions on the cooling conveyor. Successful trials of a demonstration system have recently been conducted in a full-scale steel production process on Corus’s Scunthorpe rod mill. This enabling technology has matured to the point where commercial deployment of an operational unit is the next step.
A ruggedised and industrially hardened version has been completed. This has an improved sensor system with faster data acquisition rate, lower noise and greater immunity to Electromagnetic Interference (EMI). It is presently being installed at the Scunthorpe facility for a second measurement campaign. The research is funded by the EPSRC.
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