English to French Tech/Engineering Patents electric arc furnace monitoring system and method

a furnace monitoring system server 18, sometimes referred to as a melt shop server, operatively connected to the furnace monitoring device 12 for receiving the collected data

As is known, most melt shop AC electric arc furnaces 16 are powered by 3-phase power lines 26, 28, 30 carrying about seventy thousand amps or more of current.

The existing PLCs 64, 66 are operatively connected to the furnace monitoring system server 18 via the user's existing PLC network 68 or Ethernet and transmit data about each "heat" to the furnace monitoring viewer system 72, which is sometimes referred to as a melt shop viewer system.

The present invention provides on-line, real time access through a standard Internet browser secured with modern encryption technology that enables the operator to increase electric arc furnace and melt shop productivity; reduce costs; recognize opportunities to improve operations proactively; measure and analyze shop parameters continuously and to more consistently reduce variability continuously.