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DOI: 10.12731/2227-930X-2015-3-11
Received July 16, 2015; revised June 11, 2015; accepted August 27, 2015

DISPATCHING CONTROL SYSTEM

OF THE CONCRETE BATCHING PLANTS

Andrey Vladimirovich Ostroukh

full member RAE (Russian Federation) and EAEN (Germany), Dr. of Tech. Sci., Professor,
Department «Automated Control Systems»
State Technical University – MADI
64, Leningradsky prospekt, Moscow, 125319, Russian Federation
http://www.madi.ru
[email protected]

Igor Vadimovich Nedoseko

Dr. of Tech. Sci., Professor, Department «Building construction»
Ufa State Petroleum Technological University (USPTU)
1, Kosmonavtov St., Ufa, Republic of Bashkortostan, 450062, Russian Federation
http://www.rusoil.ne
[email protected]

Yashar Elshan-ogly Nuruev

Undergraduate Student, Department «Automated Control Systems»
State Technical University – MADI
64, Leningradsky prospekt, Moscow, 125319, Russian Federation
http://www.madi.ru
[email protected]
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Abstract. This paper proposes an approach to the design of dispatching control system of the concrete
batching plant, which is a set of hardware maintenance, information, mathematical and software for control
of technological objects. The proposed system is scalable and can include a control subsystem of mobile
concrete plant, laboratory, subsystems, access control, and personnel management jobs. The system provides
optimum automating the collection and processing of information for generating control signals and trans-
mitting them without loss and distortion to the actuators in order to achieve the most efficient operation of
process control object as a whole.

Keywords: concrete; mobile concrete batching plant; dispatch control system; automated workstation;
control; technological process; automated dispatch control system (ADCS).
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1. Introduction control services. By automating the supervisory con-

Modern information technology enables a new trol manage to create an operational system of moni-
level of interaction to organize production and plant toring and evaluation of production, notification of
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relevant services of the enterprise, to control the exe- The key features of plants is their compactness,
cution of dispatching instructions, form the verified in connection with the transportation of equipment is
reports on the status of production as a single pro- one of the container or wagon, deadlines mounting
duction unit (factory, construction site, remote tech- (dismantling), and there is no need to prepare a spe-
nology project) and the entire plant as a whole for all cial foundation, and as a consequence – to minimize
geographically distributed production facilities. the cost of its fill for the installation of the plant. So
The construction of important objects of civil and quickly mounted concrete plants combine the charac-
industrial construction requires considerable amounts teristics of both fixed and mobile installations.
of concrete, which are able to provide a high-perfor- Equipment design allows you to quickly perform
mance concrete plants. operations on the installation (dismantling) produc-
Process Control Production of concrete mixtures tion and transportation of concrete to another site.
is currently impossible without the use of modern au- Low cost of installation due to the use of innovative
tomated systems developed by using modern control- design solutions, combined with all the advantages
lers and software [1 – 15]. mentioned above, created a steady demand for them
around the world.
2. Automation object As an automation object considered quickly
The fundamental factors in choosing the concrete mounted concrete plants QUICK MASTER 120,
plant are specifications on mixing technology origi- which produces LLC «ELKON» (Turkey).
nal equipment, as well as the reputation of the man-
ufacturer, the presence of his certificates of quality, 3. Dispatching
providing technical patronage during the operation of Control System
the delivered equipment. In recent years, widespread Dispatching Control System – a set of hardware
quickly mounted concrete plants. and software for remote centralized control and man-
Quickly mounted concrete plants (Fig. 1) is a plant agement of engineering systems, both single and mul-
with skip feeding inert materials. tiple sites.

Fig. 1. Quickly mounted concrete plants ELKON QUICK MASTER 120

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The main elements of technical equipment of the dispatch center (Fig. 2) are the following elements.

Fig. 2. Dispatching Control System

Screen communities – a system of multi-screen distributed plants connected into one technological
display various types of data (video, electronic maps, system integrated into the enterprise management
graphs and charts, text documents in electronic form). system (Fig. 3).
With its modular design, the system can be configured
individually for specific areas and tasks. A key feature
of the screen is the resolution of collective use and,
therefore, information capacity, which allows to rep-
resent on one screen box set of “windows”, contain-
ing full images from a variety of sources.
Tools videoconferencing played a key role in the
situation center, providing collectively meetings be-
tween remote participants in the discussion.
Electronic means of entry and display image
data are the specialized document cameras, interac-
tive whiteboards, scanners, digital cameras and cam-
corders.
Dispatching Control System provides the interac- Fig. 3. Three-level management
tion of all elements of the technical equipment. Due structure concrete plant
to the high complexity of the control system usually
requires the constant presence of staff. The complex may consist of the following subsys-
tems:
4. Multilevel structure of the − concrete plant;
control system concrete plant − dispatching service;
Concrete plant control system has three-level − laboratory;
structure, and may include multiple geographically − hydrothermal treatment;
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− weight management; The system allows for different kinds of statistics:

− warehouses of inert materials and cement; − current – the number of shipped product (m3)
− targeted distribution of concrete, access control from the beginning of the change;
systems; − monthly – for the costs of raw materials, with
− employment of administrative staff. the transfer to the company’s network.
Use the menu bar, you can get more information
The database of each production associated with on each of the sites and to organize work with lists
enterprise management system, and allows you to of alarms and process messages. This allows the op-
share information in real time. erator to control the operation of the system, follow
the failure of the process equipment and prevent ac-
5. Automated Control System cidents.
for concrete plant All the technological process is displayed on the
In Fig. 4 shows the control system [12-15] con- operator’s station, which is divided into two parts,
crete plant concrete mixing two nodes. Control the relating to different nodes. Also at the bottom of the
process of mixing and dispensing an order proposed screen is a menu bar and alarms.
to take place with the help of programmable logic All operator actions and failures of process equip-
controllers (PLCs). ment are recorded. In addition, it formed a database of
The controller performs the following functions: results for each order dispensing with the preservation
− process the data received from the sensors and of information about the time of execution of the or-
actuators on the basis of which are managed; der and the amount of raw dosing materials.
− provide a communications interface for visual- In case of failure of the operator station provides a
ization of the technological process at the oper- backup control channel from the operator panel (con-
ator’s station; sole).
− return the factual information about the order. The system includes a number of flexible configu-
All the resulting data with the time of the order are rable parameters set in the configuration utility. With
sent to the program flow control vehicles, as well as a their help, you can fine tune the different delay times,
statement accompanying documents. weight thresholds, and so on dosing parameters:

Fig. 4. Control system with two Concrete Mixing Units

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