A remote engineering solution for automating a roller hearth kiln

Silva, Juarez; Fischer, Benedito R.; Alves, Gustavo R.; Alves, João B.

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We present the architecture for a remote application, accessible through the Internet, able to monitor and control a roller hearth kiln, used in a ceramics industry for firing materials. The proposed architecture is based on a Micro Web Server (MWS), whose main function is to monitor and control the firing process, by reading the data from a series of temperature sensors and by controlling a series of electronic valves and servo motors. This solution is also intended to be a low-cost alternative to other potential solutions. For better understanding the system to be automated and its operation we decided to develop a scale model (100:1) and experiment on it the devised solution, based on a MWS.

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Emulation Model Remote access

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/29642

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Juarez Bento da Silva, Benedito Renê Fischer, Gustavo Ribeiro Alves and João Bosco da Mota Alves, “A remote engineering solution for automating a roller hearth kiln”, International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV'07), Porto, Portugal, June 2007.