Title :
Control of rotary hearth furnace, using a programmable controller
Author :
Muresan, V. ; Abrudean, M.
Author_Institution :
Tech. Univ. of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca
Abstract :
The paper describes the STEP 7 application designed for PLC which does the command of the rotating step of the furnacepsilas hearth with rotary hearth, respectively its loading-unloading, with the purpose of replacing the old manual system for serving the furnace with an automatic system.
Keywords :
furnaces; metallurgical industries; programmable controllers; PLC; STEP 7 application; automatic system; programmable controller; rotary hearth furnace control; Billets; Central Processing Unit; Control systems; Furnaces; Manufacturing; Programmable control; Protocols; Raw materials; Temperature; Welding; P.L.C.; converter; encoder; furnace with rotary hearth;
Conference_Titel :
Automation, Quality and Testing, Robotics, 2008. AQTR 2008. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cluj-Napoca
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2576-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2577-8
DOI :
10.1109/AQTR.2008.4588834
