Tecnar’s Lut 2.0 makes a breakthrough: The first installation on a welded pipe production line
Tecnar, a leading developer of laser sensors, is starting the new year with the first installation of its Lut 2.0 online wall thickness gauge on a welded pipe production line. The gauge was successfully installed at BORUSAN Pipe’s Gemlik plant in Turkey.
Strategically positioned at the outlet of the stretch-reducing mill (SRM), the Lut 2.0 system measures thin pipe wall thicknesses ranging from 2 to 10 mm with outer diameters (ODs) between 21 to 90 mm. This is a significant achievement because the Lut 2.0 is the only technology that can measure eccentricity in pipes with such small ODs.
The Lut 2.0, traditionally a critical tool for monitoring eccentricity in seamless steel pipe production, is now addressing the unique challenges of electric resistance welding (ERW) processes. The system provides invaluable data to optimize process control, enhance product quality, and ensure manufacturing consistency by generating highly accurate radial profiles. The profiles are detailed as graphs of wall thickness measured around the pipe’s circumference.
The BORUSAN Pipe and Tecnar teams worked together on the successful installation with start-up and commissioning completed on time and without issues. Operators at the Gemlik plant praised the system’s exceptional reliability, performance, and precision—even in demanding production environments.
Lut 2.0 is the most advanced online gauging system, capable of measuring true wall thickness, detecting eccentricity, and producing detailed radial profiles along the length of hot steel pipes—all without contact. The system is designed to improve process control and quality assurance for both seamless and welded pipe applications. This installation marks a new frontier for Lut 2.0 and reinforces Tecnar’s commitment to providing cutting-edge solutions for steel and pipe manufacturing industries.
About TecnarBased in Saint-Bruno, Quebec, Canada, Tecnar designs, develops, manufactures, and markets novel systems and sensors for industrial process monitoring and control. Founded in 1989, Tecnar has used its expertise to bring cutting-edge technology to the plant floor. Over the past decades, Tecnar has diversified into four highly specialized divisions: Automated pipe and vessel welding, thermal and cold spray in-situ monitoring, continuous steel galvanizing pot chemistry analysis, and non-contact ultrasonic gauging for the seamless tube industry.