• DocumentCode
    2655718
  • Title

    A mill´s experience with a plant wide information system

  • Author

    Armstrong, Joe

  • Author_Institution
    Boise Cascade Corp., Jackson, AL, USA
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    21-26 June 1998
  • Firstpage
    145
  • Lastpage
    151
  • Abstract
    Boise Cascade´s pulp and paper mill in Jackson, AL, USA, installed a local area network (LAN) and plant information data historian during 1995. The project and its profound impact on the mill is discussed. Consideration is given to LAN design, distributed control system (DCS) interfaces, hardware, software, construction, training and implementation. End user experiences are highlighted as well as system administration and maintenance issues.
  • Keywords
    computer interfaces; distributed control; industrial control; local area networks; paper industry; DCS interfaces; USA; administration; distributed control system; end user experiences; hardware; local area network; maintenance; operating experience; paper mill; pulp mill; software; Application software; Distributed control; Graphical user interfaces; History; Information systems; Local area networks; Milling machines; Operating systems; Process control; Production systems;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Pulp and Paper Industry Technical Conference, 1998. Conference Record of 1998 Annual
  • Conference_Location
    Portland, ME, USA
  • ISSN
    0190-2172
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-4785-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PAPCON.1998.685515
  • Filename
    685515