Patent ID: 8359119

Claim:
A method for assisting at least partially manual control of a metal working line in which metal in strip or slab form or in a pre-profiled state is worked, the method comprising the steps of: for each of at least one particular point on the metal: using a temperature sensor arranged at a first location along the working line, measuring a first temperature of the metal at the particular point on the metal, calculating an initial value for a proportion of at least one metallurgical phase of the metal at the particular point on the metal based at least on the measured first temperature and primary data of the metal, using a displacement monitoring unit to continuously track the displacement of the particular point as the metal moves through the working line, continuously updating the proportion of the at least one metallurgical phase of the metal at the particular point on the metal as the particular point moves along the working line, based at least on the measured displacement of the particular point on the metal, at least one operating parameter of the metal working line that influences the phase state, and measured temperature values from the temperature sensor arranged at the first location along the working line, and displaying the continuously updated proportion of the at least one metallurgical phase of the metal at the particular point on the metal as the particular point moves along the working line.