Coker Crane自动化

Petrochemical plants running coker operations are fertile ground for crane automation. While full automation is still on the horizon at most plants, the semi-automated coker cranes built by Konecranes come standard with a PLC, modern D2 inverter controls and signal cables– virtually everything needed to convert to full automation (or remote operation) in the future.

Konecranes has been the global provider of choice for coker cranes since the late 1990s. Proprietary load control technologies such as DynAPilot sway control, DynAGrab for hoist/bucket control and DynAReg energy recovery require some of the same tools needed for automation.

所以if you purchase theseSmart Features为了提高安全性,可靠性和生产力,您还可以获得自动化大多数起重机功能所需的一些基本硬件和软件功能。

Repetitive Tasks

椰子处理对自动化很好。起重机将热,新鲜的可口可乐摆脱滚筒,然后重复该动作,直到移动整个焦炭桩。24小时等待后,起重机将冷却的脱水焦炭移动到破碎机,料斗或输送机上。

起重机可以按按钮执行这些重复任务,而操作员从空调驾驶室监督。移动模式,起重机铲斗清除没有浪费运动的区域,即使在可见性差。

当自动化告诉起重机在空地中挖掘时,预先编程的子程序将接管。如果优先,起重机会发出发出蜂鸣声并警告操作员。或者,起重机可以被编程为将下一个指令转移到列表上的下一个指令,例如清洁沉降坑。

This long, tedious job is no problem for the crane computer system. The computer can’t sneeze and slam into the pit wall, or fail to pay attention because of the repetitive nature of the task. The crane does precisely what it is programmed to do. Nothing more. Nothing less.

Full Automation, or semi-automation?

在任何自动化系统中,自动化提供商和设施所有者之间需要合作,并沟通和设想自动化需要执行的所有内容。子程序被编写用于潜在过程备用流。但是,总有没有人能想象的情况。在这种情况下,可以恢复手动控件以获取意外的任务。操作员可以解决问题,然后重新打开自动化。手动控制始终在需要时可用。

手动控制可以通过使用远程操作控制台进行起重机舱的操作员来完成,或者如果配备了这样的话,可以是单元控制室中的自动化控制站的一部分。

Today, facility owners have several options, or levels of automation, available to them. At the top of the pyramid is full automation, routinely found in other industries but not yet typical for coker cranes. Full automation performs with no humans involved in the interface, and can potentially be handled from a remote operating station. Operator oversight includes an operator monitoring the system and assisting it with tasks that are easier for a human to perform, while the rest of the tasks are handled by automation.

Semi-automation, the level just above manual control, automates selected tasks whenever the operator engages the system.

Modern design

When automation can do a job in one smooth motion without any extra commands on the joystick, it is reducing wear and tear on machinery. And reducing wear on the crane, the runway structure and the pit reduces operating costs. Modern crane design delivers important benefits too.

尤文图斯官方区域合作伙伴Konecranes新型D2逆变器采用模块化配置,更小,更易于工作,维护更便宜,更昂贵。另一个优点是电线绳等钥匙磨损部件倾向于持续在半自动封轮起重机上。

Load control technologies reduce stress on people and machines

Konecranes proprietary load control technologies are software programs that operate in the background of our modern coker cranes, making the operator’s job safer, easier and less fatiguing. These programs also reduce stress on controls and machinery.

  • Dynagrab同步提升机器,在它们之间正确分享负载,减少过载和延长绳索和机械部件寿命。
  • Skew control reduces wheel and rail wear and reduces stress on wheels, bearings, rails, rail attachments and support structures.
  • Dynapilot摇摆控制减少负荷摇摆,减少与料斗和坑壁的碰撞,减少对桶,料斗和坑的损坏。

In addition, Konecranes CMS Monitoring software provides equipment status and alarms and can archive that information for use in maintenance planning and trouble-shooting. AndTRUCONNECT® Remote Supportprovides 24/7 access to a global network of crane experts and specialists, offering problem solving and troubleshooting.

所有这些“构建块”也可以是自动起重机系统的一部分。

提高安全性和改善经济学

当您可以将人们从炼油厂的危险区域移动,安全提高。自动化可以通过防止抓斗和坑壁之间的碰撞,帮助防止操作员疲劳来大幅增强安全性。完整的自动化也可以将人们从起重机操作中移动,让它们从更安全的区域工作。起重机可以从最方便的区域运营,允许起重机运营商能够与他人潜在地共享任务,从而提高焦愿单位的整体经济和管理监督。

Full automation is on the horizon

While most coker units currently operate a semi-automated crane, there is no question that full automation could improve operations even further. For example, when a drum dumps a load of coke, it is possible to program the crane to automatically take the hot, fresh coke out of the way of the drum so that it can dump again. A system of scanners travels down the pit, scans the height of all the cooling coke stacks and remembers their location and how long they have been there. 24 hours later, the software drives the crane back to the stacks of cooled, dewatered coke to move it to the crusher, hopper or conveyor.

Full automation may one day be common in coker units. The good news? In today’s semi-automated coker cranes built by Konecranes, most of the sensors, devices and communication hardware needed for full automation are already part of the crane.