Coating mass control on No. 2 galvanizing line at LTV Steel's Indiana Harbor works

Iron and Steel Engineer

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 22-29

  Adams, James ^a   Miles, Linda Bohney ^b   Parker, David J ^b   Conway, Graham ^c   Wallace, Glen ^d  

^a BP Global Fuels Technology   (United States)

^b Indiana Harbor Works   (United States)

^c Software Engineering

^d Industrial Automation Services   (Australia)

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EID: 0011836856     PISSN: 00211559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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