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GGC builds two camera-based platforms for the mill floor. Eagle Eye measures the strip. Hawk Eye inspects it. They run on the same rugged industrial camera hardware, so a line can carry either, or both.

Two platforms

Measurement and inspection are different jobs.

Dimensional measurement

Eagle Eye 3000 Series

Non-contact measurement of the strip itself: width, thermal profile, centerline deviation, crop shape and mult width on slitting lines. Five SKUs by mill type, feeding L1 and L2 in real time so the line can correct itself.

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Surface quality inspection

Hawk Eye Surface Inspection

Defect detection rather than dimension: edge cracks and pinholes found on the run, so faulty coil is caught at the mill instead of at the customer. Shares the cold mill camera hardware with Eagle Eye.

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Which does what

If you are measuring a dimension, it is Eagle Eye. If you are looking for a defect, it is Hawk Eye.

Eagle Eye: width

Stereoscopic width measurement on hot mills, cold mills and slitting lines.

Eagle Eye: thermal profile

Thermal gradient imaging across the strip on the hot end.

Eagle Eye: centerline and crop

Interstand centerline deviation, camber and cobble detection, crop optimisation and shear control.

Hawk Eye: edge cracks

Edge crack detection on the run, before the coil moves downstream.

Hawk Eye: pinholes

Pinhole detection across the full strip width on processing lines.

Shared platform

Common water-cooled GigE camera hardware and L1 or L2 integration over OPC UA, Modbus TCP or EtherNet/IP.

Capabilities in detail

Individual systems and add-on modules.

Eagle Eye add-on

Thermal Profile System

Thermal gradient imaging across the strip.

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Eagle Eye add-on

Interstand Centerline Deviation

Camber, centerline and cobble monitoring between stands.

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Eagle Eye add-on

Crop Optimization & Shear Control

Crop shape measurement feeding shear control.

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Hawk Eye

Edge Crack Detection

Edge defect detection on the run.

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Hawk Eye

Pinhole Detection

Full width pinhole detection on processing lines.

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Width and profile

Width Gauges

The Eagle Eye width SKUs, gathered by mill type.

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Measuring, or inspecting?

Tell us the line and what you need to see. A GGC engineer in Dayton will tell you which platform fits, and whether you need both.