Honeywell is a leading global supplier of online quality control solutions for aluminum cold rolling, foil rolling and continuous casting processes. Honeywell specializes in high-performance application-specific measurement and automatic gauge control solutions that help optimize the quality and profitability of aluminum coil products, producing tangible economic results, attractive returns on investment and competitive advantage.  

Honeywell’s primary Continuous Web Solutions (CWS) automation system platform is MXProLine^TM. Measurement and control solutions are widely installed on the following aluminum processes:

• Breakdown/intermediate/universal mills
• Foil mills
• Reversing mills
• Continuous casters

MXProLine supports a range of sensor technologies for the aluminum industry including:

• Nuclear
• X-Ray

Honeywell sensors are thoroughly engineered and tested to deliver uncompromised measurement performance on a wide range of aluminum applications, from 6 mm thick (0.25 inch) cast sheet to 0.006 mm thick (0.00025 inch) foil. Every CWS sensor includes a complete set of correctors and compensators to ensure stable performance even in harsh industrial environments. 

High-speed online sensors scan the product continuously as it is being produced, providing accurate real-time feedback of essential product parameters such as weight, thickness and composition. Real-time measurements feed application-specific software, which dynamically models process behavior, providing the basis for closed-loop control. Automatic closed-loop control substantially reduces the variation of the measured parameters, producing a variety of benefits including:

• Reduced scrap
• Raw material savings
• Faster startups and changeovers
• Elimination of out-of-spec products
• Improved product quality/consistency
• Downstream processing efficiencies
• Increased line speeds and material throughput