Blog - Advanced Gauging Technologies

March 16, 2015 By Todd Allen

A.G.T. Leads The Way In Laser Thickness Measurement

Advanced Gauging Technologies was mentioned in the March 2015 issue of American Metal Market as a pioneer in the transition from isotope to laser based thickness gauging. Bill Beck’s article highlights the various ways that the metal industry, and its service centers, are using technology to enhance productivity in ways not thought possible even a decade ago.

You can find the whole article “Technology centers” over at the American Metal Market website but here is an excerpt with our mention:

Perhaps no segment of the metals service center industry has experienced more technological change in the 21st Century than metals testing. Waltham, Mass.-based Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. provides its service center customers with sophisticated handheld alloy analyzers. And Plain City, Ohio-based Advanced Gauging Technologies LLC has helped pioneer the transition of measuring the thickness of coil, sheet or strip metal from isotope gauges to laser gauges, eliminating the use of radioactive material and giving operators a measure of precision that is hard to surpass.

March 13, 2015 By Steve Venters

Braner USA Orders An AGT800

Braner USA ordered an AGT800 Laser Thickness Gauge for use on a new 74” Slitting Line that will be installed at Lane Steel in McKees Rock, PA. This gauge will be used to measure Cold Rolled, Hot Rolled, HRP&O and Coated Steel with a thickness range of 0.012” to 0.250”.

March 6, 2015 By Nick Hunkar

A.G.T. Names Turkey Sales Rep

Advanced Gauging Technologies is pleased to introduce Metalform as our new sales representative in Turkey. Oğuz Tanrisever is our primary contact for all sales and marketing activities throughout the country. Please feel free to contact Metalform for product information, literature and requests for quotes.

Metalform

Kaptanpaşa Mah. Halit Ziya Tűrkkan Sok

Farmas Plaza A Blk. No:8-9 Okmeydani

Şișli/INSTANBUL 34384

TURKEY

Phone: 90-212-221-1624
Turkey@AdvGauging.com

February 27, 2015 By Steve Venters

Another Successful AGT800 Startup

A new AGT800 went into operation today at Fulton County Processing in Delta, OH. This gauge was installed on their new Butech Bliss / Nelson Steel 72″ Pickle Line. FCP now has three total A.G.T. thickness gauges.

February 27, 2015 By Todd Allen

Annual Radiation Training

The staff here at Advanced Gauging Technologies recently completed our annual radiation training event. We do this in order to train new staff and offer a refresher to the rest. Each year, Dr. Laura Smith teaches us about the physics of atoms, nuclear binding forces, particle emissions, and a host of other cool nuclear physics topics.

In addition to all of the normal training material, relevant and current news topics always seem to find their way into the conversation. Items such as the Alexander Litvinenko poisoning with polonium-210 in 2006, the Fukushima nuclear reactor event in 2013, or the theft of radioactive Cobalt-60 medical material in Mexico last year lead to great training conversations about how radioactivity affects us in our everyday lives.

In the near future we plan on adding some of our training material to the website to help illustrate and explain how we use nuclear physics in our isotope thickness gauges. Stay tuned!