The ArceSorMittal's hot dip galvanizing line at Florange developed and commissioned its own coating 'weight control system. This system actuates the pressure as well as the position of the knives. The fast and accurate response to upsets is partly attributed to the continuous auto-adaptation of the knife-to-strip distance. Large and rapid benefits, i.e. quality improvement and zinc savings, have been taken immediately after it 'was put into production.
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