• DocumentCode
    2829563
  • Title

    Laboratory automation: a case study [cement plant]

  • Author

    Shafer, Bruce

  • Author_Institution
    California Portland Cement Co., USA
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    1999
  • Firstpage
    313
  • Lastpage
    320
  • Abstract
    Operational experience of a cement plant laboratory automation project is reviewed. Included is an analysis of the background, project rationalisation and justification, and project design and installation. Tangible impacts on personnel requirements and raw mix uniformity are quantified. Innovations and project details are also discussed
  • Keywords
    cement industry; industrial control; laboratories; materials handling; project engineering; USA; cement plant laboratory automation project; installation; operational experience; personnel requirements; project design; project justification; project rationalisation; raw mix uniformity; Automation; Computer aided software engineering; Frequency; Kilns; Laboratories; Material storage; Milling machines; Production; Quality control; Sampling methods;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Cement Industry Technical Conference, 1999. Conference Record. 1999 IEEE-IAS/PCA
  • Conference_Location
    Roanoke, VA
  • ISSN
    1079-9931
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5523-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CITCON.1999.767045
  • Filename
    767045