DocumentCode
797156
Title
Glass Batch Plant Control with Small Computers
Author
Finger, Thomas H.
Author_Institution
Glass Container Division, Owens-Illinois Technical Center, Toledo, Ohio 43607.
Issue
2
fYear
1972
fDate
3/1/1972 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
168
Lastpage
172
Abstract
Glass batching, the process in which raw materials are stored, weighed, mixed, and delivered to glass melting furnaces, was modernized with small dedicated digital computers. The modernized glass batch plant includes the direct control of twenty-one scales, weighing 136 000 kg (150 tons)/h for nine glass container furnaces. The computer system improved the weighing accuracy, increased the potential material through-put, and provided greater flexibility of operation.
Keywords
Automatic control; Containers; Control systems; Feeds; Fingers; Furnaces; Glass; Job shop scheduling; Process control; Raw materials;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Industry Applications, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0093-9994
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TIA.1972.349803
Filename
4158220
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