ЖУРНАЛ «СТА» №4/2005

TABLE OF CONTENTS CTA 4/2005 DEVELOPMENT/ Metallurgy 50 Dry charge dosing automated system in electrode prod- ucts manufacturing By Stanislav Soshkin, Vladimir Fokin, Aleksandr Antonyan and Nikolay Sorokin The system described in this article was developed without manufacturing process suspension. Its implementation allowed to considerably increase the dosing accuracy and productivity due to application of modern automation equipment, frequency con- trolled drives and construction modifications. The project completion also improved the manufacturing process information support and its controllability. 56 Process variables automated monitoring system for the main electric drives of a continuous billet mill By Sergey Gurenko, Pavel Maksayev and Gennadiy Shimanskiy The article describes the automated monitoring system for the main electric drives of a continuous billet mill. This system provides persistent milling process monitoring in common timescale and stores the logged process characteristics. This allows to detect deviations in the course of the technological process, to select the most effi- cient rolling schedule in case of technology changes, to recall the preceding history of emergency situations, to reduce the faults tracing time in case of a failure in elec- tric circuits of the main electric drives. DEVELOPMENT/ Monitoring and Measuring Systems 66 Corrugated paperboard production line control By Stepan Grin You can find the description of modern automation equipment implementation in the following article. Corrugated paperboard production line control is set as an example. HARDWARE/ Terminal Blocks 68 Wiring without a screwdriver By Vladimir Byelomyttsev The article describes the evolution of the spring-loaded Cage Clamp terminal con- nectors invented by WAGO company. It shows the examples of engineering solutions of this company, which allowed it to take up and hold the leading positions among the largest terminal clamps manufacturers. SOFTWARE/ Software Tools 72 BridgeWorX: automatic data exchange server By Anna Dolgova The article represents the functional capabilities of the BridgeWorX universal data server, which is a part of Iconics BizViz software package. The article gives practical exercises, which allow to become familiar with this software quickly. ENGINEER'S NOTEBOOK 86 Selection of hardware automation facilities for haz- ardous industrial projects By Victor Denisenko The article reports on important practical questions, which the processes control sys- tem integrators face during automation of hazardous industrial objects. EXHIBITIONS, CONFERENCES, SEMINARS 96 Russian Industrial Automation Market Realities By Galina Seryogina 100 PTA: first time in Ural region 100 CTA magazine at the summer trade fairs By Aleksandr Lipnitskiy SHOWROOM 103 SYSTEM INTEGRATION PROJECTS IN BRIEF 109 News 101, 102 SYSTEM INTEGRATION/ Power Engineering 6 Automated control system for makeup unit of VAZ heat- ing and power plant By Vladimir Ivanov, Victor Serenkov, Ivan Danilushkin and Sergey Kolpaschikov This article describes the development of the chemical water treatment process automated control system at VAZ heat and power plant in Togliatti City. The objec- tives of the control process are formulated on the basis of the detailed description of the workflow and are targeted on improvement of its reliability, effectiveness and quality of water purification. The structure, characteristics and main features of hard- ware and software of the system are presented. 14 Implementation of a water-chemical conditions monitor- ing system of the power-generating units at Permskaya thermal power plant By Yelena Lezhnina, Dmitriy Vorobyev and Yelena Berdnikova The article presents the description of the automation object, defines project require- ments taking into account the features of the information systems in use at JSC “Permskaya GRES” (Permskaya thermal power plant). The structure diagram of the water-chemical conditions chemical-engineering moni- toring system as well as the utilized equipment are presented in the article. The proj- ect special features are described, which the specialists faced during implementa- tion. The article includes the description of the project results and their analysis along with the chemical site specialists' reports and opinions on the implemented system. 20 Automated heat-transfer materials accounting system for Naberezhnochelninskaya heat and power plant By Dmitriy Antropov and Timofey Petrov The article describes the automated heat-transfer materials accounting system, introduced at Naberezhnochelninskaya heat and power plant (Tatarstan Republic, RF). In the system development process the designers not only aimed at affordable and reliable solution, but at the same time tried to create a universal, user-friendly and scalable system. 26 Small-scale automation of electric power units based on “NIPS” software-and-hardware complex By Vladimir Gololobov, Aleksandr Evseyev and Anton Zakharov The article describes application of “NIPS” complex in development of small-scale automation systems using the process control system for 200 MW electric power units of Surgutskaya thermal power plant (GRES-1) as an example. SYSTEM INTEGRATION/ Buildings Automation 34 Buildings automation: from theory to practice By Valeriy Sukhanov and Igor Belyakov The development of modern building supervisory control and automation systems is becoming an actual and wide-spread objective. Its solution leads to operational costs reduction, to improvement of reliability and quality in access to various resources. The automation project of the 12-story Bank of Russia building is described in this article as an example, various aspects of such systems develop- ment are considered, practical advices and recommendations are given based on its implementation experience. 40 Water supply control system of the administrative- industrial buildings By Sergey Rogov The article describes the actual buildings water supply control system automation project accomplished on the basis of PLC and industrial network with AS-interface. The capabilities and advantages of AS-interface networks are mentioned. The basic aspects of unified approach to various life-support systems development are addressed, the approach aimed at optimization of subsequent integration of these subsystems into a united intellectual building automation system. SYSTEM INTEGRATION/ Metallurgy 46 Automated heat shields control system By Victor Perekhodchenko, Aleksandr Rebedak, Sergey Garkavenko, Nikolay Mironov, Viktor Kholopov, Aleksandr Zavodovskiy and Aleksey Brevnov Installation of heat shields at the intermediate mill table is an efficient energy saving measure at hot rolling mills. This article describes such equipment, its features and modes of operation. The main consideration is given to the heat shields control sys- tem based on SIMATIC hardware/software platform. System performance capabilities submitted to the user are shown as well as system efficiency data based on its imple- mentation results. 112 CD-ROMs in this issue Hirschmann, Iconics СТА 4/2005 www.cta.ru