Title :
An autonomous decentralized process computer system for steel production
Author :
Mashino, Yasuhiko ; Yoshinaga, Shigeki ; Yokota, Hiroyuki
Author_Institution :
Kawasaki Steel Corp., Chiba, Japan
Abstract :
The reconstruction of the total process control system for cold rolling of steel is described. The goals were to allow the production of more kinds and smaller lots of products with higher quality; to achieve a more flexible system, with high expandability and maintainability; and to increase software productivity. To satisfy these requirements, an autonomous decentralized architecture was adopted for the development of the new system. The system, called the cold rolling autonomous network system (CANS), is described. With this architecture, higher productivity has been achieved, and excellent expandability and maintainability have been confirmed
Keywords :
cold rolling; distributed processing; local area networks; process computer control; steel industry; autonomous decentralized architecture; autonomous decentralized process computer system; cold rolling autonomous network system; expandability; maintainability; software productivity; steel production; total process control system; Computer architecture; Computer networks; Costs; Data mining; Information systems; Milling machines; Process control; Production systems; Productivity; Steel;
Conference_Titel :
Autonomous Decentralized Systems, 1993. Proceedings. ISADS 93., International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Kawasaki
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-3125-2
DOI :
10.1109/ISADS.1993.262678
