#3 2025

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Nasonov M.A., Reshetnikov I.S.  Architectural transformation of equipment maintenance at industrial enterprise

The paper offers a modernization procedure for equipment maintenance systems of industrial enterprises in the context of digital transformation. The approach is based on evolutional transformation of maintenance control structure aimed at equipment outage minimization and the implementation of predictive maintenance practices. For attaining the targets, the paper proposes to apply the methodologies ensuring the optimization of data integration processes, the development of digital competences of the personnel and the improvement of system’s adaptability to the changes of the working environment. Study results demonstrate that the application of the proposed methods enables significant improvement of maintenance control efficiency owing to the new flexible and stable architecture aimed at predictive analytics and timely response to the challenges of the digital age.

Keywords: digitization, maintenance, evolution, reengineering.

Process control market in Russia. Survey results

UltimaTech Group has undertaken a survey of the Russian 2024 process control market in cooperation with Positive Technologies and Aquarius. The survey was supported by the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation and by the Information and Computer Technologies Industry Association (APKIT). The study examined the current market situation with the focuses on base-level instrumentation and automation, information security tools, server hardware for acquisition and storage. The paper presents the study results.

Keywords: process control market, programmable logic controllers, distributed control systems, information security, server hardware, import replacement.

Discussing a Topic…

Automation systems in extractive industries

Berner L.I., Bogdanova N.I., Zeldin Yu.M., Kovalev A.A., Naymenko V.V., Roshchin A.V.  Modern supervisor logbook: an effective enterprise management tool

The paper discusses the automation of supervisory control of an industrial complex by means of supervisor logbook. The software is implemented as a component of SPURT-R software suite from ATGS JSC. Solution’s functionality and structure are described, further development is outlined.

Keywords: supervisory control systems, supervisor logbook, import replacement, gas transportation enterprise.

Tsvetkov V.V.  Transformation of heterogeneous data of SCADA schematics to standardized formats

The paper discusses the automated development of new SCADA schematics based on the data retrieved from the existing ones. Against the lack of a unified layout standard, the manual data transfer is laborious and error-prone. A way to overcome the challenge is to automate the retrieval of schematic’s key elements, such as names, graphic components, data tags attached, etc.

Keywords: process automation, development automation, mass engineering, SCADA, heterogeneous data

Osipova N.V.  Parametric identification of mathematical models of iron ore concentrate production process

The paper discusses the key aspects of parametric identification of mathematical models included in the digital twin of iron ore concentration. Analytical and experimental methods for developing mathematical models of ore dressing equipment are presented. The features of active and passive experiments, their merits and drawbacks are demonstrated. The methods for model performance estimation are included. The hardware used for model identification is described.

Keywords: identification, digital twin, mathematical model, iron ore concentrate, transient, transfer function, static response, dynamic response, regression analysis, neural network.

Malafeev S.S.  Mining excavators: urgent questions of work efficiency improvement

The paper analyzes the present-day trends in the improvement of automation and control systems of mining excavators. It discusses practical issues of excavator power supply in the context of the specificity of mechatronic complexes of mining machines. Information and diagnosis systems with intelligent data processing are reviewed. Possible application of mathematical modeling for improving control processes in mining is outlined. State of the art of robot technologies in mining excavators and an application outlook are included.

Keywords: excavator, automatics, mechatronics, power network, control, monitoring, reliability, efficiency, safety, digital twin.

Sadykov M.F., Ivanov D.A., Davletshin R.R., Galieva T.G., Vagapov A.I., Garifullina N.A., Mochalov N.S., Valyuk A.S., Prokopiev A.N., Bashmakov M.A.  Ensuring the integrity of overhead power lines during glaze-ice melting with mobile units

Overhead power line icing poses significant risks to stable operation of power supply system and may cause major accidents. Present-day methods for glaze-ice elimination based on mobile melting units are discussed. Ice melting on the wires may cause a number of hazards such as increased melting currents resulting in burnt wires; taps and terminal transformers result in equipment failures, whereas untwisted cables and couplings may be overheated. The paper describes an approach to ensuring the reliability of glaze-ice melting on the wires, namely, the calculation of admissible melting currents and determining extensive network topology. It shows that the developed melting unit can effectively remove glaze-ice deposits from overhead power lines without any risk of equipment damaging on branches owing to specialized methods of line section diagnostics and the use of protective jumpers.

Keywords: glaze-ice and rime deposit melting, direct current, mobile unit, overhead power line topology, electrical wires.

Goncharov E.V.  Global processes changing cyber threat landscape in 2025

The paper examines the cyber threats, which businesses may most probably face in 2025.

Keywords: cyber threats, industrial plants, intellectual property, innovations, information security.

Uskov S.V., Mats V.V.  Cost Expertise information system as a cost control tool for logistical resources, workforce, and service procurement

The paper presents the Cost Expertise information system implemented at Gazprom Dobycha Orenburg Public JSC. The system structure, advantages are described as well the possibility of its application for cost analysis and control in logistical resources, workforce, and service procurement.

Keywords: information system, cost expertise, maximum initial price, purchase approval.

Aristova N.I., Chadeev V.M.  Modeling the prequalification of suppliers of logistical resources, workforce, and services

The automation of logistical resources, workforce, and service procurement is relevant for industrial enterprises. The paper lists the classes of automation systems, which support the interaction with suppliers. It offers a mathematical description of suppliers, mathematical models for estimating the average supply cost, and an algorithm for synthesizing a model of resource supply process updated subject to the criterion of minimum average resource cost. A model example is included.

Keywords: procurement of logistical resources, workforce and services, supplier qualification, supplier interaction support systems, modeling, delivery process model.

Karvanen O.A., Ghintsyak A.M.  3PL problems in digitization conditions

The paper examines the challenges faced by 3PL companies in automation and digitization conditions: the difficulty of database integration, fast equipment ageing, WMS functionality limitations, client dependency of 3PL operator’s technological development, the problems of personnel training, and complex analytics for predicting work scope and developing warehouse operation KPI. A table of causal relationships between these problems is presented.

Keywords: Third-party logistics, WMS, warehouse logistics, digital technologies, 3PL operator.