Infrared Monitoring And Control Of Temperature Cycling During The Manufacture Of Carbon Electrodes

C. M. Benton; Robert E. Buckley

doi:10.1117/12.935770

4 November 1983 Infrared Monitoring And Control Of Temperature Cycling During The Manufacture Of Carbon Electrodes

C. M. Benton, Robert E. Buckley

Proceedings Volume 0411, Electro-Optical Instrumentation for Industrial Applications; (1983) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.935770
Event: 1983 Technical Symposium East, 1983, Arlington, United States

Abstract

In the manufacture of aluminum, an electrolytic process is used. Carbon anodes are used in the process (see Figure 1) to conduct electricity, and the carbon of the anode is consumed, forming carbon dioxide from oxygen in the ore (Al203). If the anodes are of uniform resistance, the current will be uniform and the anodes will be consumed evenly. The quality of the carbon anodes is a function of the temperature control during the baking process. Recently, infrared sensors have been used in a computer-aided process (Infracom System) that controls the baking cycle of the anodes.

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C. M. Benton and Robert E. Buckley "Infrared Monitoring And Control Of Temperature Cycling During The Manufacture Of Carbon Electrodes", Proc. SPIE 0411, Electro-Optical Instrumentation for Industrial Applications, (4 November 1983); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.935770

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