ЖУРНАЛ «СТА» №3/2001

TABLE OF CONTENTS CTA 3/2001 96 www.cta.ru СТА 3/2001 CD-ROM in this issue Full product catalog and documenta- tion from Wonderware, as well as a demo version of InTouch 7.1, with examples. DEVELOPMENT/ Training Systems 58 Microprocessor technology for institutions of higher education By Yurii Afonin, Leonid Sharnin, Yefim Baran, Aleksandr Lipnitskiy, Nikita Lysov, Aleksei Maslov and Roman Fedoryak DEVELOPMENT/ Food Industry 68 Solutions for developing and debugging automatic process control system projects By Aleksei Maslov and Andrey Viskov This article describes the components, structure, hardware and software for solutions to test and debug software for automatic process control systems in laboratory conditions using digital models and full simulations of technological processes. The article cites an example of the use of such a solution to create and automated control system for cold smoking of fish. HARDWARE/ Connection Systems and Cabinets 78 Weidmueller — your partner for industrial electrical connectivity and cabinets for electrical equipment Engineer’s Notebook 80 Programming logical integral designs in Fastwel modules By Vladimir Belomyttsev and Mikhail Kashin Exhibitions, Conferences, Seminars 86 INTERKAMA 2001 Showroom 90 System Integration Projects in Brief 93 News 67 REVIEW/ Hardware 6 Pepperl+Fuchs rotary encoders By Victor Zhdankin This article describes the product line and the technical data for incremental and absolute rotary encoders from Pepperl+Fuchs GmbH (Germany). The article cites select information on the design of these products and provides examples of how encoders are used in automated manufacturing systems. SYSTEM INTEGRATION/ Metallurgy 26 Automated control system for heating ingots in the furnace of a cogging mill By Konstantin Kukui, Sergey Sulnikov, Sergey Vakhranev and Aleksei Svetlichniy This article discusses the controlled unit, a group of regenerative furnaces. Particular attention is devoted to the issues involved in setting up a bi-level automated control system for heating ingots in furnaces in a cogging mill. The article describes the capabilities, components and software used in the system. DEVELOPMENT/ Machine-building 34 Upgrading machines with digital control system By Sergey Yemelyanov This article describes the structure and features of the DiaNa-SNS digital control system, including the hardware and software components of the system. The article provides examples of how this system has been used to upgrade different types of machines. DEVELOPMENT/ Mining 44 Automating X-ray diamond separators By Sergey Avdeyev, Yevgeniy Vladimirov, Vladimir Morozov, Tatyana Romanovskaya. This article examines the automation of X-ray separators for diamond-bearing ores. The article devotes particular attention to the analysis of signals based on analog-digital conversion and monitoring of the state of the separators in the automated process control system. DEVELOPMENT/ Control and Measuring Systems 52 BARS emergency monitor: features and practical application By Larisa Nosik, Taras Sobakar and Eduard Kondrychin This article describes the BARS monitor, designed to detect and monitor emergencies at power stations. The article examines the structure of the monitor and its features, and it describes how the monitor works as the basic component in a high-level information system, providing both emergency information and information on the status of signals during normal operations.