Collaborative monitoring and control of sintering

摘要

With an increase in the demand for complex powder metallurgy parts, concerns and challenges associated with sintering and related processes are rising. Also, quests for process knowledge, failure diagnosis and operational tends are leading to the faster acquisition of increasing amounts of real-time and archived process data. Due to this, plant managers and process engineers are expending extensive resources to monitor and control their sintering operations in order to achieve and maintain the highest product quality with optimum productivity. This paper describes a secure web-based technique that enables remote accessibility and monitoring of real-tune process data, thereby facilitating collective problem solving, joint troubleshooting, remote process viewing and analysis. Implementation of this technology helps improve the overall productivity of the sintering process by networking internal sintering operations with external supporting resources.