Abstract
The OJSC "Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works" claims in its politics of quality management the continuous work aimed at improving the technology of steel production. The diagnostic systems that detect the technology process rejections and the product defects on early stages of progress are becoming more important since they make it possible to take corrective action in time and that way to in-crease the yield. One of those systems is the longitudinal cracks early detection system for continuous cast slabs developed and being used on the continuous caster No.6 of the OJSC "Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works". This article contains information about the stages of the development of this system and practical results of its introduction.
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