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System to track plant properties. RU patent 2516209. |
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IPC classes for russian patent System to track plant properties. RU patent 2516209. (RU 2516209):
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FIELD: metallurgy. SUBSTANCE: invention relates to metallurgy. The device to track condition of components of a metallurgical plant in process of its operation comprises at least one information medium fixed to each component of the metallurgical plant containing information on its condition. The device also contains a central data storage for condition of components, and a central unit of control for a process performed by a metallurgical plant, connected to at least one information medium. Besides, the information medium is connected to recording and accordingly reading units of data on condition of equipment of the metallurgical plant, at the same time there is a possibility to periodically and/or depending on the task variation of the specified data, which contains a signal for recognition of a component or a group of components in the metallurgical plant. The device is equipped with control units for setting deliveries of spare parts or performance of repair works connected with the specified central control unit. At the same time the specified data of condition of the metallurgical plant component contain time of component use and condition of its wear as a history of properties of a component of the metallurgical plant. EFFECT: increased reliability of tracking and reduced labour inputs in service of a tracking device. 6 cl, 3 dwg
The technical field to which the invention relates The invention relates to a device for active surveillance for specific setup information or its components in the metallurgical facility, in particular, to the use of such devices in the electric arc or Converter steel plant, the branch of secondary metallurgy or in the foundry plant, installations for the transport of liquid steel or furnace systems, units for hot and cold rolling or treatment plants strip. The level of technology Metallurgical installations, such as, for example, integrated steel plants or steel mini-plants, are composed of many plants, which together aim to create high-quality product with the highest possible use of facilities. In the units of each type of the General system are in turn constructive group, consisting of subgroups and individual components. As examples, the installation of continuous casting of steel, which consists of metalloscopes for liquid steel, intermediate filling devices, various locking rods and submersible glasses, at least one of the mould, and also below the corresponding mold roller Postings to the respective group of cooling. For reasons of economy, material, quality assurance and technical maintenance it is necessary for all the components of each structural sub-group or groups or the whole system regularly and for a long time to perform measurements of all their specific data, such as, for example, their geometry, physical, mechanical and chemical properties, the scope of their functions, or the ability to work, or historical and current information about using, such as, for example, duration of use, localization in time, the total load and the state of wear and tear. However, such data measurement and tracking, as well as data processing requires a lot of time is associated with high costs and prone to error. So long ago there was a need to automate the above functions. The objective of the invention Therefore, the object of the invention is a device for active monitoring of specific information systems or their components metallurgical installation, which is in comparison with the level of technology less susceptibility to failure and requires less work. This problem solved, according to the invention, with the help of the device containing the signs of paragraph 1 of the claims, metallurgical equipment containing signs of paragraph 12 of the claims and applications, according to the invention, this device in accordance with paragraph 13 of the claims. The preferred embodiments of the invention defined in dependent claims. Summary of the invention According to the invention, each component metallurgical installation constantly connected to is configured to read and write medium for specific data, with possibility of periodical and/or depending on the job change these specific data. However preferably actively tracking the properties of the whole plant, separate units, respectively, of the individual components in steel plants industry with the use of wireless communication (RFID - radio frequency identification), for example, through the transfer of signals in the microwave range. This ensures the opportunity preferably fully automatic reading and/or process-specific data and their transmission to the Central data and/or control blocks processes. According to the invention, the General system of metallurgical installation and system for tracking the property has a tree structure, which includes the design groups, these design group, in turn, consist of sub-groups, which, in turn, from individual components. According to the invention, both separate components and constructive group still connected with configured to read and write data carriers, in particular, the RFID chips. Available on the storage media information is, for example, the identification signals components, and also contains a history of the individual component, respectively, constructive groups and this information can be created or sought physically in different places. This mixing together and/or the assignment of several components to the power of a higher level preferably done in a modular manner, in order to ensure material savings, and reduce the costs of operation and maintenance of the installation. As the whole system, and separate groups subgroups and installation components are in the metallurgical plants of the effects of environmental conditions and work processes, which usually lead to the fact that the properties of individual elements of the overall system or the system itself changed over time, and depending on use. Only as an example can be called normal wear and tear installation or material consumption. However, when planning material and process control these changes properties are the characteristics that matter the most, to ensure reliable operation of the entire system without unnecessary downtime and remaining constant product quality. According to the invention, the state of the system, i.e. the entire system, groups, subgroups and individual components with respect to their composition and their properties are constantly recorded on location in the media and can be read from it at any time. For this recording, respectively, reading blocks can also be made when the movable components the installation of stationary or stationary components installing - mobile. Due to the possibility of communication media with the recording, respectively, reading unit, specific data or other information to record in the media, and at least partially to transfer to the Central storage of the data. In particular, in case of use of the Central storage of the data can while limiting the capacity of the media to the necessary minimum. As the Central data storage and Central control unit processes preferably connected to the control units of presentation and/or delivery of spare parts and/or production planning and/or management of maintenance, to increase due to this, the degree of automation installation or at least parts of it. In one preferred embodiment of the invention of the media is a block of RFID, which is made with the possibility of at least one-time recording and reading. This possibility writing and reading should preferably be provided in at least two different places and especially preferably wireless way. While the read data can be written in coded form and not in coded form in a block of memory of the RFID chip, with preferred are coded data, also on the basis that at the expense of encoding, you can reduce the amount of data and to reduce the capacity of the media to the necessary minimum. The possibility of recording can be done either by overwriting previously read in the data, or by adding new datasets to the already recorded and existing data sets. Fixed connection of media device to the corresponding component is, according to the invention, so as to prevent unintentional Department of media from the component installation. However, there is also a variant of execution in which the media can be separated from the component, for example, through the release, and again to connect with him. Due to this, preferably provided replaced with the failure of the storage media or when changing the application component and a corresponding change of the control parameters. In particular, preferably when the storage medium, which is still connected to a component, closed relating to the environment, especially preferably isolated from heat and moisture. Due to this, especially preferably provided by the use of metallurgical facilities and most prevents failure of the media due to the interaction with the existing often in metallurgical plants harmful environment. Especially it is preferable to enable wireless record and read from storage media, in particular, through wireless transmission in the microwave range. This significantly improves the creation of both global and local communication between units or RFID microprocessor units and separate components, constructive groups, units or working for the whole installation systems, data banks, and also connected with the internal and external units of the technical maintenance and repair and/or enterprises for delivery of material and spare parts and units production planning. In this case, in the place provided wireless communication between integrated components of the unit blocks RFID, respectively, microprocessor blocks and integrated, motionless, respectively, mobile units recording and reading. As specific examples of usage still United with each component is configured to read and write media for specific data, preferred are the following: 1. Tracking buckets for casting of iron and steel, mixing buckets cigar-shaped, in particular, the lining of ladle, filling the bucket stands and cranes in the steel shop. While areas of use are the recognition of the components of the lining of gates and blocks AMEPA (cut-off and tracking jet metal), which, according to the invention, are connected by at least one RFID chip containing specific data on the individual components. In this specific data can include local and temporary localization of some components in the steel shop, in particular, time out, heating time, time use and use parameters, and thereby to provide the ability to monitor the condition in the cycle of wear, thermal condition, residual amounts, and possible formations wall accretions. 2. Molds for continuous casting, in particular, workshop for mold or the bottling plant. According to the invention, the RFID chips can be used for recognition components (design patterns) water-jackets, plate of the mould and installed thermoelements. You can measure of local and temporary localization in the installation casting, in particular, the time of usage, usage options used amount, and thermal and mechanical aggregate load, thereby provides the ability to monitor the health of the cycle wear, in particular, the number and reasons of fixes, as well as the state of thermoelements. A similar application in the field of continuous casting machines can be also in the intermediate ladle, cart intermediate ladle, mechanisms stub and shift segments of the areas of procurement, as well as in the machine for thermal cutting. 3. Work rolls, in particular, master of the rolls, and himself rolling mill. You can remember in the RFID chip recognition settings of the components and their properties, in particular, diameter, cut, and surface roughness. Due to this, you can monitor local and temporal localization in the rolling mill, in particular, the time of usage, utilization, used quantities, thermal and mechanical aggregate workloads, and you can monitor the status of the cycle wear, in particular, the number and reasons for the completion of the work rolls. 4. Installation of welding strip, in particular, installation for transportation of rolled strip, and the means for its service. Recognition of the components and the appropriate properties, in particular, knives and welding electrodes can be made with RFID chips. This ensures local and temporary localization of components in the rolling mill, in particular, the time of their use, usage settings, usage levels, as well as electrical and mechanical aggregate load, and provides the opportunity to control the status of the individual components in the cycle of wear, also in relation to preventive repair. Brief description of drawings Below is an explanation of the invention on the basis of individual applications of the device according to the invention, with links to enclosed drawings that show: Figure 1 - block diagram recognition of components in the installation of continuous casting of steel; Figure 2 - block diagram of recognition of components in the installation of continuous casting of steel on the example of the mould; and Figure 3 is a block diagram of recognition of buckets. Ways of realization of the invention Figure 1 shows the example of the recognition of components using RFID chip in the installation of continuous casting of steel and provided by this automatic identification and exchange of information on production and in the Studio. United with separate components RFID chips for bucket truck intermediate ladle, the intermediate ladle and locking rods are connected with the receiver on the casting platform, while the RFID chips for mold, in particular, its frame, various water shirts, bearing plates narrow hand, copper plates wide parties and copper plates narrow sides are connected with the receiver/encoder in the workshop for crystallizers. Named last RFID chips, United with mold, associated with RFID chips at least on the first segment under the advanced mould with receiver/encoder at the casting platform. The RFID chips on supporting segments in the arc zone guide for procurement under the mould is connected with the receiver on the lower segments, and the RFID chip on the supporting segments stream after arc segments in the area of horizontal guideline for procurement connected with the receiver at the height of the horizontal segments. Preferably automatically enter code signals recognition from the catalogue of the equipment of system of the IRP-PPS, and without entering manually, which is obtained reliable data base for managing the installation, resource planning, analysis performed during the installation process, and also models of the second level. Figure 2 shows the example of the closed mould information chain between an "foundry", working place "workshop for mold", working place "automation" and the workplace "technology" with the relevant separate work places specific data for the components of the mould. In the workplace workshop for mold" they are coded signals recognition of the mould, frames, water jacket, and copper plates, possible reasons for the already executed repair work, specific events, as well as additional information for foundry. In the workplace "automation" they are specific data, in particular about the type of the mould copper plates and coating thickness for BPS. In the workplace "technology" specific data, in turn, contain specific data correlation between production data and state installation and workplace foundry specific data contain, in particular, the number of already completed treatment, the number of already spilled tons of steel in the number executed in the mould of adjustments in width, as well as the state used thermoelements. Finally, figure 3 below left shows schematically the so-called transponder SAW that applies and reflects surface acoustic waves (SAW). In the area shown here zone recognition ladles, scoops are encoded using chips SAW and can through the use of media automatically recognized at an appropriate stage of the proceedings, for example, to install VD, installing RH, installation the furnace-ladle or installation of continuous casting of steel. Due to this eliminates the manual entry of specific data, so reducing the number of failed or incorrect entries. Creates a stable interface II level, which increases the stability of the process and ensures the quality of the product. In addition, figure 3 to the right below shows different, already available meaningful implementation is resistant to heat chips SAW with a maximum temperature of use is that at the appropriate location on the bucket and if necessary with the use of suitable capsulatum are resistant to commonly encountered in metallurgical plants ambient temperatures and humidity levels. 1. The device status monitoring components metallurgical installations in the process of its work containing still connected with each component metallurgical install at least one media about his condition, Central the drive state data components and Central control unit performed metallurgical installation process, coupled with at least one media, and the media information associated with recording and respectively with the reading blocks of data about equipment condition metallurgical installation, moreover there is possibility of periodical and/or depending on job changes mentioned data that includes the signal recognition component or group of components metallurgical installation, it is equipped with the United mentioned Central control unit control units, job spare parts or repair works, as mentioned state data component metallurgical installation includes the time of use and the status of its deterioration as the history of the metallurgical properties of the component installation. 2. The device of claim 1, wherein at least one media is the RFID chip. 3. The device of claim 1, wherein at least one media is closed relative to the environment, in particular isolated from heat and moisture. 4. The device of claim 1, characterized in that the relationship with the media, in particular the entry and/or read media, is carried out by passing in the microwave range. 5. The device according to any of claims 1 to 4, wherein the metallurgical installation includes installation secondary metallurgy, and/or mold the installation, and/or block the transportation of liquid steel, and/or oven installation, and/or installation of hot and cold rolling, and/or installation of processing of metal, in particular band. 6. Application of the device in one of claims 1 to 5 as a device of automated control of the supply of spare parts or maintenance works, metallurgical plant.
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