The use of the Internet and wireless communications in the monitoring and control of industrial processes

This paper describes the application of Internet and wireless communications in the monitoring and control of production processes in the metallurgical company RTB Bor, Serbia. A special attention is paid to the presentation of the software solutions. Implemented distributed control systems have shown remarkable reliability in practical work, low cost of maintenance and investment in their expansion. The described solution is applicable for monitoring and control of processes with the control system response time of about a minute or longer.