SEAMLESS TUBES – SEAMLESS DATA

SENTUSYS™ INTELLIGENT TUBE SYSTEM

MICHAEL ANDERSSON & ERIKA HEDBLOM - SANDVIK MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY
PRESENTERS

MICHAEL ANDERSSON ERIKA HEDBLOM

Head of Product Area Tube Manager, Intelligent Tubes
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 43,000
SALES IN OVER

EMPLOYEES
150
COUNTRIES

91
BILLION AROUND THE GLOBE
SEK
INVOICED
SALES
BILLION SEK

3.5 ANNUAL R&D

INVESTMENT

50
R&D CENTERS 7,300
GLOBALLY ACTIVE PATENTS AND
OTHER IP* RIGHTS
Figures refer to Group total 2017
THREE STRONG BUSINESS AREAS
SANDVIK SANDVIK MINING AND
MACHINING SOLUTIONS ROCK TECHNOLOGY
39% 40%

55% 37%

Share of revenues 2017

Share of adjusted operating profit 2017

SANDVIK
MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY
Other operations (non-strategic assets)
15% contributed by 6% to revenues
and by 3% to adjusted operating profit
5%

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STEEL INDUSTRY CHALLENGES

Heavy fixed
Increased costs
footprint from
low cost
countries
Protectionism:
import
Cyclical
restrictions and
market
tariffs limit the
conditions
world market

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INDUSTRY TRENDS
THE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
Decision
making

• Faster throughput
ACCURATE DATA • Less waste
A competitive edge Automation • Less resources

 Increased revenue

Connectivity

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 ADVANCED MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY
MAKING A DIFFERENCE

CUSTOMER
REALITY:

Need to find smarter

solutions, ways to use less
resources and new ways to
increase productivity.
OUR SOLUTIONS:
Materials expertise to make
industrial processes more
productive, energy efficient
and safe, while improving
end-products

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CUSTOMER CHALLENGES
MONITORING TUBES INSIDE YOUR PRODUCTION PROCESSES

Tubes used in industry processes are constantly exposed

to a number of challenges related to:
• Temperature
• Strain
• Vibration
How do you know when the tubes have reached the limit
of what they can handle?
Or – if you can actually increase the temperature, strain or
vibration to boost productivity?

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TEMPERATURE AND SAFETY
A boiler has accidentally been run without
sufficient cooling water. There is a risk that the
material has been overheated.

Is it safe to continue the operations?

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TEMPERATURE AND THERMAL STRAIN
A heat exchanger is run intermittently and
with large variations in temperature. As a
result, the tubes are subjected to thermal
strain cycling.

When is it necessary to replace the tubes?

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MEASURING AND MONITORING
CHALLENGES

• External sensors

• will not survive in applications such as boilers and heat

exchangers with fluids, steam or gases on both sides of
the tube walls.
• will affect efficient cleaning

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SANDVIK SENTUSYS™
MATERIAL MONITORING SYSTEM

By integrating sensors and cables into the tube, Sandvik

created a new solution.
• Sensors and cables are fully protected inside the tube wall
• Layer solution: load carrying tube (certification unaffected),
electronics layer and outer shield. Total addition of ~2 mm to
the total wall thickness.
• Can be made with most alloys and in sizes from outer
diameters of 15 to 110 mm, and lengths up to 15 meters.

Cables connected to signal

processing and connectivity device.

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COMPLETE MATERIAL MONITORING SOLUTION
SYSTEM COMPONENTS
• System design and industrial IoT-integration
• Installation and commissioning projects at
customer site
• Manage-your-Sentusys™ system through web
portal
• Material data monitoring & analysis services
• Optional product-as-a-service (PaaS) including
financing

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PROVIDING VALUE

Process
control

Integrity & Material

safety analysis

Customer
benefits

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REFERENCE CUSTOMER
BOMHUS ENERGI AB - SWEDEN

• 150 MW bubbling fluid bed boiler

• Installation in primary air pre-heater
• <250 degrees Celsius
• Low pressures
• Air inside the tube
• Flue gas outside the tube
• Measure temperature on tube wall
• Avoid temp below dew-point
• Cost efficiency reasons
• One meter of tube was cut out and replaced by a Sentusys™ sensor tube
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QUESTIONS?

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