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Advanced Automation For
Asphalt Drum Mix Plants
Full graphics
operator interface
• Eliminates confusing
text-based displays
• Animaton shows plant status
at-a-glance
• Intuitive operator
interaction
Real-time trends
•
"Live" graphs of key process parameters
• Aids problem
detection and quick response
Automatic
calibration
Instantaneous production rate
changes
Configures to meet plant
requirements
Windows®-based with on-line
help
Tracks equipment maintenance and
re-calibration schedules
Historical data
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Displays production totals, ingredient totals, and mix history
for any date range
• Allows analysis and management of
plant productivity and efficiency
"Off the
shelf" components
Password protected security
levels
Facilitates future expansion |
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Libra Systems'
Quantum System
"Here's How It Works..." is
presented by the Asphalt Contractor magazine to introduce
innovative products available to the industry. The publication
chose Libra's Quantum Drum Mix Control
System for it's
unique blend of graphics, control dynamics, and productivity
analysis tools
(article shown below).
Quantum, by Libra Systems, Harleysville, PA
, is an automatic control system designed to provide the user
with complete control and an immediate picture of a hot mix
asphalt plant's operation, including material flow, mix
percentages, deviations from targets, and other dynamics.
Featuring a fully graphic operator interface, the Windows
based system uses point-and-click technology to provide plant
status at a glance. Color graphics display a picture of an
actual plant, including different plant functions. Animation,
a beeper, screen colors, and flashing messages provide the
operator with information to make decisions. Real-time trends
are graphically depicted for key process parameters to provide
immediate problem detection and diagnosis, says the
manufacturer. Productivity and Event Summary screens provide
the quantity of each product produced, raw ingredient used,
and each event which occurs during the production day. This
historic data helps determine faulty equipment and other
conditions which can cause low production. A production status
report, required by most state authorities, is printed at an
interval selected by the operator. The report can be
configured to meet state requirements. Other information is
available in printed report form. An internal calculator and
notepad/telephone book are also included. The system features
plant setup and recipe screens to configure the system to
exact requirements. On the calibration screen, the user
selects a bin or device in the plant and the computer
calculates and inserts calibration values. A maintenance
screen tracks actual hours of running for each piece of
equipment, and shows the time remaining before scheduled
service or calibration. A "help" button is included on every
screen, and all components in the system are
off-the-shelf. |
