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Long Products.

3D laser profile measurement across rod, bar, and tube mills.

Long-products mills (rod, wire, bar, tube, and billet) demand full 360° profile measurement, not single-axis thickness. The 3D Shaper LGE series rotates laser emitters around the product at up to 30 rev/s, computing diameter, ovality, and shape class at mill speed.

[MILL FLOOR · LONG PRODUCTS]
GGC INSTALLATIONS WORLDWIDE
400+
systems across all metals segments
WHAT MATTERS ON THE LONG PRODUCTS LINE
5 – 80 mm diameter
Rod range (LGE-R)
± 0.05 mm
Ovality accuracy
0.01 mm
Diameter resolution
Up to 120 m/s
Hot rod line speed
TYPICAL MILL CONFIGURATION

Where GGC gauges sit on a long products line

01Hot rod mill
Hot rod mill
GGC GAUGE
02Bar mill
Bar mill
GGC GAUGE
03Seamless tube mill
Seamless tube mill
GGC GAUGE
04Continuous caster
Continuous caster
GGC GAUGE
Schematic. Actual sensor count and placement depends on line configuration, speed, and PLC platform.
PROVEN IN LONG PRODUCTS

Full-profile rod measurement

A typical application: a 3D Shaper LGE-R at the exit of a high-speed wire rod finishing block, measuring full 360° profile and ovality on small-diameter rod and feeding closed-loop finishing-block control to reduce off-spec coils.

The whole rod profile, not just one cross-section at a time.
Typical outcome of full-profile monitoring
ROD, BAR, TUBE AND BILLET

Measure the whole profile.

Tell us the product sizes and the line speed. We will size the system and quote the measurement you need rather than the one that is easiest to sell.