| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/M16788/01 |
| Title: |
THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTELLIGENT KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEM FOR SUPERVISORY CONTROL OF ROLLING MILLS |
| Principal Investigator: |
Postlethwaite, Professor I |
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| Department: |
Engineering |
| Organisation: |
University of Leicester |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 October 1998 |
Ends: |
30 September 2001 |
Value (£): |
345,821
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Control Engineering |
Manufacturing Machine & Plant |
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In the metals production industry, the UK is the work leader in the design of low level closed-loop controllers. However, for supervisory and plant wide control systems it has lost ground by failing to embrace new technologies. This project aims to redress this situation and to deliver a competitive advantage to UK producers and suppliers through the development of a generic expert system for supervisory control of rolling mills. The core of the expert system will include a model based set-up system (to ready a mill for optimum performance before tolling begins), fault detection diagnostics, and a set of low level control strategies.The new development will improve the operational efficiency plants manufacturing hot band aluminium plate and coil by increasing productivity and yield; it will improve the competitiveness of the supplier of mill and automation equipment (Kvaerner Metals); and it will improve the responsiveness of the producers of aluminium plates and coils to the demands and needs of customers.
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http://www.le.ac.uk |