Iron and Steel
Increase Supply Chain Resilience with CDOT Code Across the Entire Chain
Iron and steel processing and transportation require item-level end-to-end traceability to ensure quality, efficiency, compliance, and customer satisfaction. CDOT codes achieves impeccable read rates from semi-finished billets during extremely high-temperature hot rolling stages.
Subsequently, during the cooling phases, the CDOT digital identifier (ID) endures, maintaining its identity with >99% read rate, even in the face of challenges such as oxide formation (scaling).
Parts and Processes
Semi-finished Products (Blooms, Billets, Slabs)
Value Chain
Continuous Casting
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Scaling (Oxidation)
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Where CDOT code is applied
Appilied to product at up to 700°C / 1292°F part temperature
Pre-applied CDOT code during continuous casting
CDOT code readability
Reads on product at 700°C / 1292°F part temperature
Reads on part at 90% scaling of code area
Aluminum / Magnesium high-pressure die-casting
Steel Construction Products (Rods, Bars, Profiles)
Value Chain
Acid Treatment
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Galvanization
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Where CDOT code is applied
Applied to product before Acid Treatment process
Pre-applied CDOT code before acid treatment
CDOT code readability
Reads on product after Acid Treatment process
Reads on product after hot-dip galvanizing process
Aluminum / Magnesium high-pressure die-casting
Automotive & Hydraulic Cylinder Tubes
Value Chain
Cold Drawing
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Acid Dissolution
Where CDOT code is applied
Applied on tube before Cold Drawing process
Pre-applied CDOT code before Cold Drawing
CDOT code readability
Reads on tube after 2x and 3x drawing (lengthening)
Reads on tube after acid dissolution