A foreword
The third steel mill of Jinan Steel Copany group is Jinan Steel Copany group " 15 " The key investment project during this time, it was first-class advanced apparatus and automatic control technique outside China that was introduced, first-class, international most advanced level is equipped and reached China in it. In the converter, continuous casting automation control system, have employed many kinds of bus lines (Profibus, ControlNet, Devicenet) according to the needs of total collinear characteristic and system of scene Field bus control system (FCS) formed ,The control system of these bus line has provided the safe and reliable solution for converter, continuous casting system. Conticaster No. 1 is to introduce VAI (steel of is united) Slab conticaster,it is China at present one of having the most advancedly technology, automaticity highest, auxiliary facility complete conticaster most, what its system of cut-off machine chose is the field bus control system based on that MM440 frequency converter of PROFIBUS form.
2 conticaster control systems
Three steel-making projects including molten iron of Jinan Steel Copany is dealt with, a plurality of projects such as 120t converter, LF/VD refining and slab conticaster, the disposition of automatic control system of EIC three electricity of the whole factory reaches the advanced international standards. The conticaster system accomplishes the integration of three electric automation control, includes the process control level L2 and foundation and controls L1 grade and L0, reserve interfacing with communication of L3 grade and data preserving area at the same time, divide and state the tertiary system as follows as follows.
3 grades of (Lelvel3) : Production planning it is the whole to make for factory, coordinate products and products tracing,L3 be lasted three steel mills of every production processes system and behind hit by thick plank workshop, the realization of L3 system needs every craft unit, product control and managing the actual conditions that the department combine the factory to consider, set up the project separately, unified and coordinated.
2 grades of ( Lelvel2) : The computer operation guidance of every craft control unit, the settlement of the special technological process calculates and the data collection of the technological process.
A grade of ( Level1) : Real-time control stage, according to the operation order, the testing signal of calculating in settlement of the process computer and on-the-spot component, finish logic sequence control and PID for producing apparatus to regulate.
0 grades of ( Level0) : Mainly control, I/O which transmits apparatus are controlled and managed for L0 grade. In the modernized control system, the drive mechanism (frequency conversion is fitted) of AC/AC By the digital device control and monitoring of one's own self-carrying CPU, and carry on data communication with L1 grade on the net.
The automated system that L0 reaches L3 grade finishes the production planning of the whole factory, product control, the interface of craft district coordinates, process optimization and device control, can realize the production automation of the whole factory, see Fig. 1.
Mechanically controlled system architecture of continuous casting of Fig. 1
3 cut-off machine control systems
3.1 The cut-off machine apparatus makes up
The cut-off machine of conticaster No. 1 is a unit of equipment introduced from Germany GEGA Company, it is a flame cut-off machine, its main function is to cast the base to cut into triquetum or one time of ruler length, and can cut base head, base end and sample. With guide spindle blade, cast base according to draw the intersection of base and speed, enter cutting area separate, flame cut-off machine cut away the intersection of 300mm and about crop of length, fall into the lower crop collecting box, casting the base to cut according to the ruler length of the triple of the requirement after the crop is cut. While cutting, lean against the holding device, flame cut-off machine and casting the base to walk synchronously, cast the base length to measure through measuring the roller, cut and go on automatically, and consider the length of second automated system is optimized. Integrated devices of electromechanics with related self-controlling system such as the cut-off machine system including machinery, energy medium supplying with and controlling, electric instrument control,etc.. The cut-off machine is made up of following apparatus: The supporting structure of the cut-off machine, cut the mechanical equipment, the energy medium supply is controlled, cast the measuring set of the base length, electric control system, hot safeguard.
3.2 Technological process of the cut-off machine
The technological process of the cut-off machine is generally cut three pieces of course to make up by head cut of base, triquetum cut, base end. The most master triquetum cuts the technological process as follows: 500mm dolly dropped in advance before counted and close to triquetumsing as measuring the wheel, one pair of rifles is moved inwards at the same time after putting in place, when visiting and touching and casting the outer cover of base, preheat oxygen, preheat the coal gas to open and preheat, it is non-actions to cut rifles within this period of time, after totally reaching the triquetum, the dolly drops in place ' Push down and cast the base) ,Open, cut oxygen, carry on cut at the same time, with original to cut, cut rapidly first ,Cut 50mm, carry on cut at full speed, one pair of rifles is apart after 120mm meets, rifle No. 2 closes and cuts oxygen, stop cutting and returning to the primitive location, close all mediums, is continued cutting by rifle No. 1, mostly rifle No. 1 stops cutting too, closes all mediums and returns to the primitive location after cutting 10mm, the dolly rises the cart goes backwards and returns to the primitive location at the same time, wait for the next triquetum.
3.3 Cut-off machine control system
( 1) Cut-off machine control system. The automatic control system of the cut-off machine adopts a Taiwan Siemens S7-300 and a PCS smart 1200 touch-sensitive screen to form, join PLC and L1 grade control system through module and TCP/IP agreement of industrial Ethernet, frequency converter and PCS1200 touch mould reject communication, meet picture 2 show through the intersection of Profibus-DP and interface and MM440.
Cut-off machine control system of Fig. 2
( 2) Main transmission of the cut-off machine
The walking of the cut-off machine: A SIEMENS MICROMASTER 440 type frequency converter pulls two 0.75kW electrical machineries, the electric electrical machine thermoswitch is protected, each electrical machinery has an electromagnetic shoe brake coil, travel control is made up of a increment type Coder and lead limit Switch.
Cut the walking of the rifle to drive: Each walking which cut the rifle is to pull an 0.3kW electrical machinery to carry on by a SIEMENS MICROMASTER 440 type frequency converter, cut the position where the rifle walks by two increment type Coders separately and is close to on off control.
The rise or fall system of the cut-off machine: It cuts rise or fall of car to be by one the intersection of pole change and speed-adjustable motor ' 285/1375rpm 0.28/2.3kW) Adopt the contact apparatus positive and negatively and transfer to the duplex winding and take a percentage to drive six times, travel control is composed of limit switches.
4 Profibus field bus
4.1 Total collinear definition and characteristic of scene
Field bus, according to the definition of International Electrotechnical Commission IEC/SC65C, refer to installing between the on-the-spot devices in making or course area, and the data bus of digital, serial and multipoint communmication between on-the-spot device and inner automatic control device of control room. Based on field bus the whole numerical control system developed and called FCS.
The field bus is regarded as and connected the two-way digital communication networks of one grade of devices and control equipment of scene in control system, its advantage is obvious compared with traditional DCS system: Have strengthened the integrated ability of on-the-spot information; Antijamming capability increases, system reliability improvement; Install conveniently, the maintainability is good; Have opening, interoperability, compatibility, can be integratedding; Have reduced the engineering cost; Have IP67 protection grades, can install live; Yes trouble location of automatic diagnosis.
4.2 Profibus bus line
Profibus is a kind of internationalized, open, total line standard of scene not depending on the apparatus manufacturer. Extensively suitable for manufacturing industry's automizing. Other fields such as industrial automation of the procedure and the building, traffic electricity are automized. Central processing unit( Such as PLC/PC) Adopt at a high speed I2C and dispersible site plant ' Such as I/O, frequency converter, valve) Carry on the communication, most data interchange adopts the cycle way. PROFIBUS-DP is used for the high speed data transmission of the site plant grade, the communication medium adopts the shielded twisted-pairs copper cable, share a right wire, the communication speed can choose 9.6kbit- 12Mbit/s, the distance reachable 12km of communication. PROFIBUS total collinear traffic carrying capacity is strong, there can be traffic carrying capacity of 10 words at most with the communication of the frequency converter.
4.3 Data communication form of Profibus-DP
Profibus-DP bus line way allowed in PLC and drive mechanism ' Frequency converter, movement control device) Between carry on fast data interchange. Always - carries on from the way the access of the drive mechanism according to the main fact, the drive mechanism is always the slave station, and there is a clear address in each slave station. Transmissive message structure of PROFIBUS periodicity.
Fig. 3 Profibus-DP message structure