BS EN 10372:2020 pdf free.Quality tracking system for flat steel products using barcode一Printing,reading and information processing.
BS EN 10372 This document specifies a method using a barcoding system for tracing isolated defects that can be present in the following kinds of coated or uncoated steel flat products, for example:一electro-galvanised surface;一galvanised surface;一galvannealed surface; 一cold rolled surface. This method, named “quality tracking”, aims to transfer additional material information to steel users, in particular the location of some isolated defects, in a reliable way. This method enables the manufacturer or purchaser to remove blanks or coils containing defects.The method uses a 1D barcode to identify each section of steel strip.NOTE 1 The stakeholders most involved in this technique are suppliers of steel flat products, car makers,
appliance makers, part manufacturers, blanking line builders, steel processors, service centres, etc. All stakeholders can benefit from this project since defects can be traced, and, therefore, the steel containing defects can be eliminated or set apart from the production line.NOTE 2 In the first stages of development, this method was called “defect tracking” (see [3]) and has been
changed into “quality tracking” at the beginning of the standardization process.NOTE 3 Quality tracking can be applied to other types of coated or uncoated steel flat products such as
pickled and oiled, organic coated, and steels for packaging. Quality tracking can be applied to coiled materials for which the technology of quality tracking is applicable.Advanced online automatic surface inspection systems can detect the defects at rolling stage.However, once the strip is coiled for delivery, it is then impossible to discern the position of the defects in the strip if no specific tracking system is implemented. The steelmaker will print 1D barcodes on the strip surface in its finishing lines, such as this 1D barcode will be printed at evenly spaced intervals (typically every meter) all along the coil. Each specific 1D barcode will guarantee the traceability of each metal unit. Quality Tracking involves the use of the CDC to pass on the complementary information to the user.This solution is the easiest way to start up Quality Tracking for both parties (steelmaker and user).BS EN 10372 pdf download.