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Morgan Advanced Materials
The Thermal Ceramics business of Morgan Advanced Materials makes advanced ceramic products and systems for thermal insulation in high temperature environments.
Morgan engineer products and systems for equipment in demanding applications and for the safety of people. Their solutions help customers, especially those operating energy intensive processes, to reduce energy consumption, emissions and operating costs.
Morgan’s products and systems are used in high temperature industrial processing of metals, petrochemicals, cement, ceramics and glass, and by manufacturers of equipment for aerospace, automotive, marine and domestic applications. Their core strength is the ability to address individual customer challenges, using proven materials and applications expertise to design, manufacture and install optimum thermal solutions. When Morgan undertook the test furnace upgrade/rebuild at the Bromborough Site, they decided to install a superior quality, high temperature surveillance camera to monitor the process. As suppliers of Canty’s process vision technology, ABLE were approached to resolve the application. ABLE recommended Canty’s ExtremeTemp Furnace Camera, rated for temperatures up to 1930°C. The camera was duly purchased and will be located horizontally (or angled downwards slightly to minimise the accumulation of any airborne debris) at the right-hand rear corner of the furnace chamber providing a 65° viewing angle. Normal operating temperature is around 1000-1100 °C and a typical furnace run is around 2 hours. The camera will have a dual instrument air feed: one to cool the electronics and one to maintain a positive pressure in the lens tube to ensure no furnace debris can adhere to and block the lens tip. There also exists a potential interest in looking at glass fibre width measurement on the manufacturing side. Canty already provide this measurement for one of Morgan’s major competitors in Europe and budgetary costs have been advised. Watch this space!