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...when you can "sense" you're right from the start Sampling and testing of material as it courses through processing presents formidable prob lems: In making cement, for example, wet chemical methods provide control information on tons of material only after delays of hours; yield historical data, rather than fresh "trendanalyses." Swiftand continuous trend-analysis is essen tial in detecting any drifts away from produc tion specifications, if corrections are to be made sufficiently early. Here's exactly where ELEMENTthe General Electric CONCENTRATION READOUT FOR "XEG" Materials Ana PROCESS CONTROL lyzer fits in. It checks DETECTOR elemental composi SIGNALS MATERIALS FLOW tion on the line (see X EG block diagram). ANALYZER HEAD
In the cement industry, XEG opens up opportunities for start-to-finish automation. Already, gains include getting control data where it counts at once; more economic use of raw material; savings on kiln maintenance; increased production from existing machinery.
With XEG, you can conduct continuous qualitative and quantitative checks. You get accurate trend-analysis so rapidly that control corrections can be made before seri ous, costly spoilages occur. Materials can be dry or moist powders, slur ries, liquids, sheets, wires or rods, XEG can "watch" uptosixelementssimultaneously. It's ike an instantaneous, automatic laboratory, right on the production line. XEG's output signal can be Accent used in t u r n , to operate on indicators, recorders, process computers, or control drives. VALUE Where full automation is needed, Genera! Electric process engi neers can provide the added value available through overall systems planning. Process control with XEG already extends into petroleum, steel, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, electronics, mining, and other processing fields. For example: • In metal mining: XEG permits more complete extraction of valuable metals; copper, molyb denum, iron, lead and zinc. • In producing solid rocket propellant, XEG pro vides swift, precise measurement of elements to meet extremely critical standards. • In steel making, XEG guides the right bal ance of ingredients for in creased quality and savings in materials.
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η cement processing, XEG is regulating quality within close tolerances, making better use of raw materials and increasing process efficiency.
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