AUTOMATION AND CONTROL SYSTEMS ON OKD'S COAL MINE PREPARATION PLANTS
Roman Danel · 2002
The paper informs about control and information systems operated in OKD a. s. and CMD a. s. (joint stock coal mine company) coal mine preparation plants in the Ostrava-Karvina region. ATP Soukup Ltd. has become the leading manufacturer and supplier of these systems to OKD and is also a major supplier of measuring, regulating, and control equipment for coal preparation. ATP Soukup, being familiar with the state-of-the-art coal preparation technology and using the latest knowledge of technological process control, has developed comprehensive control systems used in coal preparation plants. The paper analyses in more detail particularly the coal preparation control systems used in the Důl Lazy, Důl Darkov, and Důl CSM coalmines. In the above mentioned coal preparation plants, also sales control systems have been implemented built upon existing coal preparation plant control systems that cover the area of product quality assurance. These systems are powerful tools that the coal preparation plant workers may use to optimize production and assure product quality to meet the ISO 9000 standards.