Abstract: A supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system has been developed for three machines used for the thermal processing of materials: a hot wire cutter, an induction heater and a welding test stand. The cutter uses a transformer with adjustable voltage between 20 V and 32 V, and current of 8 A, measuring the temperature of the wire with thermal expansion. The heater uses a 24 V, 15 A source, and a type K thermocouple embedded in the sample in order to measure temperature. In welding, a temperature control system was implemented for the sample using type K thermocouple and a cooling fan using a 12 V and 20 A source. The SCADA system consists of a PLC and a PC with a graphical interface which serves to select the process to be worked on as it displays the thermal history of the monitored object. The supervisory system uses a PC with a 32-bit Windows 7 operating system and an OPC software package running on the academic LabVIEW platform. It was designed to use a single human-machine interface for different thermal processes. This paper describes the important components of the system, including its architecture, software development and performance testing.

Diego Patino, Wilson Tafur Preciado, Albert Miyer Suarez Castrillon and Sir-Alexci Suarez Castrillon, “Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition System for Machines used for Thermal Processing of Materials” International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications(IJACSA), 13(5), 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2022.0130529

@article{Patino2022,
title = {Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition System for Machines used for Thermal Processing of Materials},
journal = {International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications},
doi = {10.14569/IJACSA.2022.0130529},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2022.0130529},
year = {2022},
publisher = {The Science and Information Organization},
volume = {13},
number = {5},
author = {Diego Patino and Wilson Tafur Preciado and Albert Miyer Suarez Castrillon and Sir-Alexci Suarez Castrillon}
}