Process Control System and Data Network of a Sintering Plant
Keywords: Metallurgy, process control system, Schneider Electric, AutomationDirect
Industry
Metallurgy
Software and hardware
Schneider Electric (Wonderware)
AutomationDirect
AutomationDirect
Period
2001-2005
Customer’s Spheres of Activity
Exploration, prospecting, production, concentration, and processing of mineral resources; production, marketing and sale of nonferrous and precious metals
Project Description
2001-2002
Industrial segment of data-transmission network of sintering plant:
- Acquisition, transfer of data from the local process control system of sintering plant with the help of Industrial Ethernet network equipment
- Structured cable local network based on fiber-optical communication line
- Separation of office and industrial segments of sintering plant local network on the basis of VLAN
2002-2004
Process control network of sintering plant:
- Data acquisition, automatic control
- Functional group control of electric drives
- Data transfer to local network
- Operator interface
Automated facilities:
- Sodium hydrosulfite recovery unit
- Central air intake
- Gas cleaning
- Sintering machines