
Mobile Artillery barrel temperature at every shoot. Site condition : Dust/ smoke/ high shock and vibration. Robust and rugged pyrometer with its short configuration time it is perfectly suited for surveillance of quick working processes.
Barrel Temperature Measurement
Pilger mill in tube rolling mills - hot and cold pipe detection
Temperature of Barrel at every firing
- Shutter for dust protection / adaptor design for mounting
- Fast response time 1 ms
- Effect of sun light in 3um
Integration into machine – Step file and design mounting review

Challenges
Mobile Artillery barrel temperature at every shoot
Site condition : Dust/ smoke/ high shock and vibration

Solution
The infrared thermometer allows for exact temperature measurement on smallest objects from 0,9 mm at a distance of 70 mm.
Due to its short configuration time it is perfectly suited for surveillance of quick working processes.
Offers a robust and premium-quality stainless steel measuring head with an innovative double laser sighting for an exact measuring field marking in every distance.
Products and Accessories
Case Study Number
- TP3
Challenge
- The increasing flexibility of production lines requires a high adaptability of sensors. Continually changing object geometries, different temperatures and very high radiation or surrounding temperatures are no rarity.
- In a pilger mill those rough conditions can be found, among others in the production of seemless steel pipes. The raw steel blocks, each weighing a few tons are heated up first in a round oven at a temperature of 1300 °C.
- After descaling of the surface, the steel block is prepunched in a hole press with a strength from a converted 2000 t. In the next sloping rolling mill the growing pipe rotates between two rollers that are positioned at an angle to each other. The punching is widened to the size of the mandrel diameter.
Previous solution / Competitor product
- N/A
Solution
- The sensor that was installed at this application is the HMD OKA 2038.38 G with tube OL 19.
- The signal of the infrared sensors controls the movement of centering device and abutment. The point of view is restricted by the tube and prevents disturbances by steam in the cooling phase.
- An optimum adaptation to the operating conditions is given due to the adjustable response temperature. The HMD with self-learning response temperature (Auto-Teach function) is suited to continually changing conditions.
- The compact sensor with a stainless steel housing can withstand surrounding temperatures of up to 75° C. The use of a cooling jacket raises this up to 200° C.
- Alternatively sensors with fibre optic cables are available which permit an application at ambient temperatures up to 600° C without cooling.
Customer Benefits
- Maintenance-free
- High temperature stability
- Recognition of hot objects at big distances
- Self adjustment with Auto-Teach or step switch for the response temperature
Product Part number
- OKA 2038.38 G

Brand
- Proxitron
Accessories
- Piros swivel stand HM2
- Tube OL 19
- Pilot light unit (for alignment) DAK 308 + OL 26
- Different cable lengths (e.g. 15 m)
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