TRACKROLL-ID®

Industrial RFID traceability system designed for the identification and lifecycle tracking of continuous casting rolls in steel plants.

Continuous Casting Process

Continuous casting is a key steelmaking process used to produce slabs, billets and blooms. A typical casting machine contains between 9 and 15 segments and more than 1000 rolls guiding the strand until full solidification.

Continuous casting machine roll segment — Continuous casting roll segment

Continuous casting roll cage structure — Casting segment structure with multiple rolls

Severe Operating Conditions

During casting operations, hot steel slabs pass between rolls under extreme thermal and mechanical conditions.

Hot steel slab passing between casting rolls — Hot steel slab moving through continuous casting rolls

Challenges of Roll Management

Casting rolls operate under severe industrial constraints and must be regularly inspected, refurbished and replaced.

Outdoor storage of continuous casting rolls — Outdoor storage yard for casting rolls

Traditional Roll Traceability

In many steel plants, roll traceability is still based on manual documentation or paper records.

Manual roll traceability documents — Example of paper-based roll traceability

TRACKROLL-ID® Concept

TRACKROLL-ID® is an RFID traceability system designed to identify casting rolls and track their lifecycle across maintenance operations and storage yards.