ЖУРНАЛ «СТА» №3/2002

TABLE OF CONTENTS CTA 3/2002 96 www.cta.ru СТА 3/2002 CD-ROM in this issue PLC Systems well as the stages for a phased, rapid deployment of the system without interrupting production. Thanks to the chosen components, the system is highly reliable while being fairly fast in terms of processing measurements data. DEVELOPMENT/ Ecology 60 Using the Nadezhda space system to locate dolphins By Vladislav Rogalskiy, Nikolay Dedov and Vadim Podyachev The authors cite the results for identifying marine mammal migration routes using the Nadezhda satellite system and RM-D radio beacons placed on dolphins in the Black Sea and the Sea of Okhotsk. The article notes the features of the Nadezhda satellite system and the RM-D radio transmitters. Migration routes for the animals are shown for the summer and autumn of 2001. DEVELOPMENT/ Underwater Equipment 66 Using the QNX operating system in underwater robotics By Yurii Vaulin and Aleksandr Inzartsev This article addresses the use of the QNX real-time operat- ing system in developing computing environments for under- water robotics control systems. ENGINEER'S NOTEBOOK 72 The FDT/DTM specification and the PACTware Consortium By Victor Zhdankin 78 Corrosion resistance in electrical equipment casings By Vladimir Belomytsev ENGINEER'S NOTEBOOK/ Q&A 82 GENESIS32 SCADA Q&A By Sergey Gusev SHOWROOM 89 SYSTEM INTEGRATION PROJECTS IN BRIEF 93 News 88 REVIEW/ Hardware 6 Level control devices By Victor Zhdankin This article completes a series of reviews covering level con- trol devices. This installment covers continuous level meters employing various physical means of measurement. Examples are cited using products from Pepperl+Fuchs GmbH. SYSTEM INTEGRATION/ Heavy Industry 20 Automatic control and monitoring system for a rotating kiln By Oleg Shatilov, Anatoliy Chelpanov and Sergey Chuykov This article describes the issues associated with optimally controlling the kilning process for raw materials in a rotating kiln, as well as ways to address these issues using a heat regulator based on the automatic control system deployed at the Magnezit plant in Satka, Chelyabinsk Oblast. SYSTEM INTEGRATION/ Machine-building 28 NC-2000 digital control system By Nikolay Panyshev and Dmitriy Yalymov The authors examine the NC-2000 digital control system, intended for controlling complex, high-efficiency equipment. The system described is one component of a closed-loop production process for modern, flexible computer-aided manufacturing, built around an integrated computing net- work supported with the necessary hardware. This system is a component of a production-oriented information network for a plant or factory, performing its functions without human intervention. SYSTEM INTEGRATION/ Atomic Energy 34 The ASUZ-03R control and security system for a PIK nuclear research reactor By Aleksei Zaikin, Mikhail Kalenskiy, Vladimir Pushkin and Igor Sokolov This article offers a fundamentally new approach to building an integrated signaling channel for a security control system used in the hardware for a control and security system at a nuclear research reactor at the Russian Academy of Science's Petersburg Institute for Nuclear Physics. 46 Information and monitoring system for an SM-3 reactor unit By Aleksandr Tokarev, Vladimir Pridachin, Pavel Storozhenko, Aleksei Krivosheyev, Aleksei Yenikeyev and Aleksei Pokrovskiy The authors relate the development of an information and monitoring system for an SM-3 reactor unit, describing the highlights of the system's deployment onsite and citing the results from use of the hardware and software that comprise the system. DEVELOPMENT/ Control and Monitoring Systems 54 Automated process control system for reagent tanks at rare metals plants By Abdurasul Zharmenov, Tleukhan Namazbaev, Kiyakbay Niazbekov, Anatoliy Tyshchenko and Vladislav Orlovskiy This article describes a new automatic process control and monitoring system for reagent tanks at rare metals plants, as