Control for Aluminum Production and Other Processing Industries / Edition 1

Control for Aluminum Production and Other Processing Industries / Edition 1

ISBN-10:
1138073601
ISBN-13:
9781138073609
Pub. Date:
03/29/2017
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
ISBN-10:
1138073601
ISBN-13:
9781138073609
Pub. Date:
03/29/2017
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
Control for Aluminum Production and Other Processing Industries / Edition 1

Control for Aluminum Production and Other Processing Industries / Edition 1

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Overview

An uncomfortable observation in the Shift Logs and Process Control records of most aluminum smelting plants is that process control failures, large and small, happen every day. Although only a small fraction of these failures give rise to catastrophic events, the difference between a disaster we read about and a failure which, although expensive, has no irreversible consequences, is only chance.

Control for Aluminum Production and Other Processing Industries exemplifies new control thinking fused with an understanding of process variability, and how to diagnose abnormalities and their causes in aluminum production plants. Many real life examples in the book demonstrate the importance of human behavior and a scientific, questioning approach in the control of a technologically complex process. Written from the perspective of production staff and management, the book also gives readers a view into the human aspects of accidents and their analogy with failures in control of production.

Production plants regularly experience more control failures than successes and staff must continuously strive to establish stability and control of their process. Through on-the-job experiences of the authors and their industry colleagues, the control experiences described in this book provide readers with a foundation for building their own robust control rationale and a framework for avoidance of plant control problems.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781138073609
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 03/29/2017
Pages: 260
Product dimensions: 6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Mark P. Taylor, John J. J. Chen, Brent Richmond Young

Table of Contents

The Importance of Control. A Tour of the Plant. Welcome to Production. Industrial Accidents. A Potline Process Control Failure. Diagnosing Variation in Materials Processing. Understanding Potroom Processes. The Start of a New Culture. Reformulation of Potline Control. People, Process, and Plant. Better Decisions for Control. Accelerating Removal of Variation.

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