Process analyzer

ProcessLab is a robust, easy-to-use analyzer that is installed directly at the process line. Crucial parameters of pickling baths such as free and total acid as well as iron(II) and iron(III) concentrations are analyzed automatically. Pickling baths are used in steel production to remove scale and oxides from the surface and to prepare it for subsequent process steps. The baths used are made up of diluted acids or mixtures of acids. In order to improve bath utilization, used acids have to be replenished. The monitoring of the steel production process requires skilled laboratory personnel that is often not available around the clock. ProcessLab analyzes automatically all relevant process parameters. If concentrations of the additives in question drop below certain limits, the system calculates the correct amounts to be added and can supply them fully automatically. Results are recorded and stored in a database and are available for data export or a  process control system.