Customer Overview and Requirements: A large steel mill in the United States hired us for a significant upgrade project for its hot mill, aiming for complete operational uptime. Their focus on efficiency and minimizing downtimes led them to seek a modern control system, with a critical need for a heavy-duty encoder solution offering redundant encoder feedback to eliminate any single point of failure.

TR Electronic Solution: We met the challenge by crafting a tailored solution perfectly suited for the rugged mill environment. The key upgrade involved implementing heavy-duty encoders with redundant feedback, featuring the unique ability to house two encoders within a single unit.

TR's engineers designed a robust mill-duty encoder with two internal Ethernet/IP encoders in one unit. This innovative solution allows for "on-the-fly" quick changeover in the event of electrical damage or failure of one encoder. Importantly, this changeover can be executed without manual intervention, eliminating the need to halt production or engage in time-consuming activities. The customer valued this feature, contributing significantly to maintaining their desired uptime levels. 

Key Features of TR's Custom-Designed Encoder Solution:

• Redundant/Dual encoder feedback for enhanced reliability
• Isolation from mechanical shock and heavy shaft loads. 
• "On-the-fly" quick changeover without manual intervention

Benefits of this Solution: Replaces old resolver technology with cutting-edge encoder feedback while maintaining or exceeding the durability of a resolver. 

The hot rolling mill upgrade with TR's customized heavy-duty encoders signifies a major advancement in the steel mill industry. With redundant encoder feedback and on-the-fly changeover capability, this solution delivers the required reliability and efficiency. As mills across the USA adopt this technology, TR solidifies its position as a trusted provider of innovative encoder solutions for heavy-duty industrial applications.