Operational Feedback from Siemens New Process Expert System for Just-in-Time Warnings and Decision Making
Worldwide steel manufacturers are constantly looking at increasing productivity while maintaining quality at the highest level.This involves a perfect control of the whole steel production chain,a reliable production monitoring and finally a good knowledge of customer needs.With a continuous aim of driving improvement,Siemens has developed a solution for an efficient follow-up throughout the complete steel processing consisting of a unique advanced software helping line managers as well as operators and maintenance people in the daily handling of a processing line.Thanks to embedded steel process business logics and rules,the hundreds of signals coming from the whole metallurgical route (from casting to downstream process) are combined together into valuable information making this in-house software more than a classical condition monitoring system.This information is then stored in a single database where it can be consulted in an easy manner through final user-oriented screens.Monitoring all the working parameters and steel quality along the entire steel making process may turn out to be a challenge and when the time comes to transform them into valuable information able to trigger relevant just-in-time warnings,the task suddenly seems overwhelming.Siemens meets this challenge! Its wide experience and know-how went into the software design to build up a significant and ready-to-use database of field experience.Together with Siemens metallurgical support and assistance,this innovative solution allows setting up process parameters conditions for defined grades,quality control of the products coming out of processing lines or trigger early warnings against performances degradation regarding equipment conditions,process and product quality.With special focus on recent projects,the article presents this expert system and its associated support (concept,technological solution and embedded production knowledge) that lead to improved end quality production.
Expert system Monitoring Metallurgical knowledge Just-in-time warnings Steelmaking process
Bonhomme Laurie Jalard Benoit Georges Stéphane
Siemens Metals Technologies,42600 Savigneux,France
国际会议
The 2nd International Symposium on Automobile Steel (第二届汽车用钢生产及应用技术国际研讨会)
鞍山
英文
186-190
2013-05-21（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）