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SYSTEM INTEGRATION VIA TELECOMMUNICATION
Author(s) -
Andresen Morten,
Asbjornsen O. Andreas
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.1993.tb01614.x
Subject(s) - scrap , communications system , telecommunications , telecommunications equipment , system integration , process (computing) , engineering , manufacturing engineering , computer science , mechanical engineering , operating system
The paper shows a case history on system inte‐gration by telecommunication between a research institute and an industrial system development. The system is a multipurpose furnace for steel and metal recovery from scrap iron dust. The furnace design, the metallurgical operation, with its control system, are under evaluation and testing. The research group is located in Norway, far away from the furnace location in Alton, Illinois. The distance between the two locations is about 4,500 miles. The paper shows the practical integration of the two distant locations, how data are transmitted and used, how models are developed and checked, and how human communication is accomplished. The cost savings in the telecommunication process are astounding. The principles of systems engineering are applied to the configuration of the communication system and to evaluate the performance of both the production system under development, and the telecommunication system for testing.