#4 2003

Itskovich E.L. Conducting a tender for automation facilities and systems purchase

The paper considers the ways of organizing and conducting a tender for industrial automation facilities and systems that would guarantee comprehensive bid analysis and the selection of the best product.

Chadeev V.M. Automation strategy. Part II

Kurian A.G., Serenkov P.S. Implementing process-based approach in quality management systems on the basis of IDEF0 functional simulation methodology

Application of the IDEF0 functional simulation methodology to process description and classification within the quality system being developed according to the new version of ISO 9000:2000 standards is discussed.

Kabantsev Yu.N. Automation of material handling management

An automated system for material handling management is considered with a case study of an oil product supply chain from a tank farm to a river barge berth.

Salikhov Z.G., Bekarevich A.A. Automatic control systems for calcination processes in rotary kilns

An original approach to building a computer-based automatic control system for calcination processes in rotary kilns using IR radiation sensors is proposed. Functional and structural diagrams of the control system are presented; its operation principle is discussed.

Alexandrov A.G., Panin S.Yu. The GAMMA-1PC system for multivariate controller synthesis

The GAMMA-1PC system aimed at automation algorithm development is described.

Zakharov N.A. Hard- /software from GE Fanuc

The GE Fanuc Series 90, VersaMax and OCS PLCs, Genius and Field Control I/O systems are considered. The opportunity of building the systems with different redundancy levels is demonstrated. Cimplicity PE and Cimplicity ME software is also included.

The VIPA System Series controllers

News bulletin

Discussing a subject…
Control systems in metllurgy

Masa’sky Ya.S., Frenkel M.N. Automated control systems for blast-furnace production: state of the art and outlook

State of the art and future of the hard-/software tools applied in automated control systems of blast-furnace production are discussed.

Tolmasskaya Ya.S., Terletsky M.Yu. An industrial information system for metallurgists: tasks and prospect

Key tasks and development prospect of production information systems for metallurgy are considered.

Lubashov Yu.A., Blaghiy S.V. The methods for developing material/energy flow accounting and management systems with a case study of a metallurgical works

A method for developing material/energy flow accounting and management systems is considered. A case study of a metallurgical works is discussed.

Vasiliev S.N., Doganovsky S.A., EdemskyV.M. Towards smart control of steel furnaces

A design concept of a three-layer structure of a combined smart control system is proposed. In addition to the neuron control, it also includes production and logical expert systems, which differ in the expressive power of the knowledge representation language and in knowledge processing capacity. The application of the smart control structure in arc steel furnaces is discussed.

Genkin A.L., Vlasov S.A., Masalsky Ya.S. Energy-conservation control capabilities in the strip rolling complex

The paper discusses the opportunities of applying computer-based and information techniques for solving energy conservation problems in strip rolling complex, which includes reheating furnaces and strip rolling stands. An automated system structure for implementing energy-conservation control is proposed, and the way of rolling conditions optimization subject to the specified criteria is demonstrated.

An automated control system for a belt-conveyor feeder

The structure and functions of an automated control system for a belt-conveyor feeder implemented at the Krasnoyarsk Aluminium JSC by Syntetic engineering company based on Siemens hardware are considered.

Terletsky M.Yu. Application experience of FIX32 and iFIX SCADA in metallurgy

The examples of creating process control systems on the basis of Intellution FIX32 and iFIX SCADA for the leading metallurgical works of the former Soviet Union are discussed.

Stroner P., Serdik O.V. UNICON control systems for underground gas storage facilities

Structure, configuration and functions of UNICON control systems manufactured by the UniControls company based in Prague, Czech Republic are considered. The examples of the projects implemented for underground storage facilities located in Dolni Dunajovice (South Moravia, Czech Republic) are adduced.

Careful! “Cheap” instruments

Komantsev A.V.,Ivanova O.P. EtherDevice Server industrial Ethernet switch: network control from SCADA

Zilonov M.O.

Process control system development in Trace Mode

Forthcoming events calendar