WAVELENGTH MATTERS BLOG
When is it Time to Upgrade Industrial Equipment to Improve Efficiency?
Upgrading industrial equipment is an investment in the future, but it is a capital expense that is challenging for most companies. It’s a balancing act: you don’t want to spend all your money on new equipment if your old equipment is getting the job done, but you...
Process Benchmarks to Consider When Manufacturing a New Steel Product
Benchmarking is a valuable practice widely used by steelmakers to compare their processes and products against industry leaders under a fair "apples to apples" comparison. According to data from McKinsey, disciplined benchmarking has helped some producers identify...
Delivery of Quality Products and Services: What Type of Steel Do Your Customers Need?
Steel is an age-old material that has improved continuously with time. It is still a fundamentally useful material, which engineers can adjust to fit a broad range of demanding applications. In today’s competitive steel marketplace, delivery of quality products and...
Temperature Measurement Best Practices: Steel Continuous Annealing Line
Precise control of process temperature is critical for the continuous annealing of steel. The mechanical properties of the product are directly affected by the temperatures attained during this process and by the rate of temperature change. And, because the process...
The Best Types of Modern Equipment and Instrumentation for Steel Manufacturing
Modern steel manufacturing is directly influenced by the quality of the equipment and instrumentation used. Selecting the best tools and equipment available improves product quality and further helps optimize the process. These tools can be separated into two groups:...
Increase Steel Output by Optimizing Your Manufacturing Process
There are many areas in the manufacturing process that can be monitored and analyzed for further optimization. Optimization improves process speeds and overall yield or output. In this post we have identified three areas steelmakers should focus on to further optimize...
Reduce the Costs of Waste in Steel Manufacturing By Monitoring Process Temps
The steel industry is a vital component in our global infrastructure. We depend on manufactured steel for the construction of roads, buildings, railways, bridges, automobiles, planes, and more. So it is no surprise that this industry also generates a great deal of...
Creating an Automated Environment in Manufacturing
Automation has recently been touted as the next big thing in manufacturing, but outside of the bubble of media hype, the industry has been automating itself for years. Nevertheless, the recent wave of exposure likely has you wondering whether there are some processes...
How to Reduce Operational Costs While Meeting Increased Customer Demands
Recently, there has been an unfortunate upward trend in manufacturing production costs. Across every industry, products are becoming more complex—which means they’re also becoming more complicated (and expensive) to produce. Additionally, if your customers are asking...
Ways to Reduce Downtime in Production & Improve Process Efficiency
When managing a plant, downtime is inevitable. Whether caused by a malfunction or simply by planned maintenance, downtime costs money. However, unplanned, unexpected downtime costs more. When your production line stops unexpectedly—because of a broken part, for...