ЖУРНАЛ «СТА» №1/2002

TABLE OF CONTENTS CTA 1/2002 96 www.cta.ru СТА 1/2002 CD-ROM in this issue Siemens "Automation and Drives" Catalog CA01. DEVELOPMENT/ Aviation 42 Aircraft engine testing unit By Sergey Zvonaryov, Valeriy Poklad and Aleksei Potapov This article reviews the specific issues involved in building a vibration testing unit for gas-turbine aircraft engines and the use of such a unit to test engines on an aircraft production line. 48 Automated control systems for testing gas turbine engines By Nikolay Sevryugin, Igor Potapov, Aleksandr Popov and Andrey Tsirikhov The authors describe the implementation of an automated control system for testing series-produced gas turbine aircraft engines at the Saturn Scientific Production Company. The article discusses the challenges in implementing and operating such systems. DEVELOPMENT/ Automotive Industry 56 Control system for units to measure the angle of installation for wheels on the front- suspension bracket of the GAZ-2217 automobile By Yevgeniy Lyezov and Vadim Nizhegorodtsev This article examines possible applications for current industrial computers in setting up electronic control systems for measuring and adjusting units that monitor automobile equipment. Engineer’s Notebook 60 Open-frame, surface-mountable DC/DC converters By Victor Zhdankin The author reviews the open-frame, surface-mountable DC/DC converters from Artesyn Technologies. The article provides an overview of their basic features and offers recommendations for their application. 76 Structure of a measuring system based on passive sensors By Valeriy Yakovlev Exhibitions, Seminars, Conferences 86 Never had there been such an exhibition, and it was worth dreaming up By Igor Baranov Showroom 88 System Integration Projects in Brief 93 REVIEW/ Industrial Networks 6 HART protocol By Victor Polovinkin This review is intended to provide an initial introduction to the HART protocol. The article also looks at tools for describing, setting parameters for and connecting low-level HART devices in an automated process control system. SYSTEM INTEGRATION/ Energy 16 Automated control system for KVGM-100 hot-water boilers in a thermal power plant By Mikhail Sokolov and Leonid Tsvetkov This article explains and demonstrates the benefits of combining upgrades for obsolete equipment at thermal power plants with the implementation of a multi-level integrated automated process control system based on contemporary microprocessor equipment to achieve a qualitatively new level of technology. SYSTEM INTEGRATION / Public Utilities 20 Setting up an automated control system for a water works By Vladimir Maslennikov This article briefly describes the history, implementation, prospects for improvement and technical features of the Sludinskaya Water Works in Nizhniy Novgorod. The system was built using remote data collec- tion and control modules. SYSTEM INTEGRATION / Meteorology 26 Using industrial controllers to automate hydrometeorological measurements By Valeriy Korneyev, Gennadiy Ocheretniy, Stanislav Ocheretniy and Victor Popov This article introduces an automated system for taking meteorological measurements, doing the initial processing on the data and presenting the measurements in a standard form to provide real-time aviation weather support for the airport in Nadym. The article demonstrates the potential for using industrial controllers to automate the process of taking environmental measurements. SYSTEM INTEGRATION / Control and Measuring Systems 32 Automated control system for heat testing products By Maxim Ananskikh, Aleksandr Bobrov, Andrey Bykadorov, Nikolay Voznesenkiy and Anna Dolgova The problem of how to set up an automated control system for heat testing products is particularly critical at facilities for producing aero- space rockets. The demands placed on such systems are constantly being increased in terms of speed, accuracy, versatility and functional flexibility. This article describes a mutli-channel computer system for monitoring dynamically changing parameters, including temperature, load force, linear dimensions and so on. DEVELOPMENT/ Control and Measuring Systems 36 Rebuilding a radioisotope thickness gauge for metal By Aleksandr Bannikov and Yevgeniy Zinevich The authors describe the upgrade, using new components, of a radioisotope thickness gauge for metal. The upgrade significantly increased the gauge's functionality, allowing it to be used as the basis for a control system for production indicators.