Application of wireless technology in SAIL plants
I. Banerjee, Biswajit Ghosh, Sanjay Kumar Singh, Rajesh Choudhary, B.K. Prasad · Michael Faraday IET International Summit 2015 · 2015
Wireless transmission of signals is a futuristic technology, that enables sending and receiving of signals without any physical wires. Control cable connections for equipment in hostile steel plant environment cause breakdowns, with associated productivity loss, due to damage to cables. Further, there are areas where cable laying is extremely difficult. It is also common to encounter signal loss when they are transmitted over long distances. Safety of operating personnel is also sometimes compromised due to close vicinity of flowing hot molten metal. Since modern steel plants are designed to deliver consistent productivity and quality, reliable wireless signal communication systems have to be aggressively developed and incorporated to avoid breakdowns and accidents for augmenting system output and efficiency. Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), with its in house technical capability has developed and implemented wireless signal transmission systems.