WO2018209396A1 - A train loading system - Google Patents

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WO2018209396A1
WO2018209396A1 PCT/AU2018/050469 AU2018050469W WO2018209396A1 WO 2018209396 A1 WO2018209396 A1 WO 2018209396A1 AU 2018050469 W AU2018050469 W AU 2018050469W WO 2018209396 A1 WO2018209396 A1 WO 2018209396A1
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Andrew Arthur Shook
Jonathon ZEELENBERG
Chong Yew ONG
Christopher Mark STRUWE
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Priority to RU2019139354A priority patent/RU2755429C2/ru
Priority to AU2018267691A priority patent/AU2018267691B2/en
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65GTRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G67/00Loading or unloading vehicles
    • B65G67/02Loading or unloading land vehicles
    • B65G67/04Loading land vehicles
    • B65G67/22Loading moving vehicles
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65GTRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G2203/00Indexing code relating to control or detection of the articles or the load carriers during conveying
    • B65G2203/02Control or detection
    • B65G2203/0208Control or detection relating to the transported articles
    • B65G2203/0241Quantity of articles
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65GTRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G69/00Auxiliary measures taken, or devices used, in connection with loading or unloading
    • B65G69/02Filling storage spaces as completely as possible, e.g. application of vibrators

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  • the present invention relates to a train loading system for loading mined material onto a train at a mine operation.
  • ore is carried by a conveyor from a reclaimer to a surge bin, and ore flows out of the surge bin and into cars of the train as the train continuously moves under the bin.
  • Ore flow from the surge bin is determined by an operator by controlling the opening and closing times of a clam, with the aim being to load material into a car such that the volume and mass of material in the car are close to but do not exceed defined limits.
  • a mine operation means any operation or facility associated with extracting, handling, processing and/or transporting bulk commodities in a resource extraction environment or part of such a process, for example mine sites, rail facilities, port facilities, and associated infrastructure.
  • a train loading system for loading material onto cars of a train, the system comprising:
  • a surge bin arranged to receive material and supply material to cars of a train that travels relative to the surge bin, wherein flow of material from the surge bin is controllable to prevent or permit flow of material from the surge bin and thereby control the volume of material loaded into a car of the train;
  • At least one freeboard measuring device arranged to produce at least one measured freeboard value indicative of a front and/or rear freeboard of a car; the system arranged to determine a car mass error value representing an error between a car mass value indicative of a mass of material in a car and a defined car mass set point, and to use the car mass error value to produce at least one freeboard set point indicative of desired front and rear freeboard values; and
  • the system arranged to determine at least one freeboard error value indicative of an error between a measured freeboard value and a freeboard set point and to control timing of flow of material from the surge bin based on the freeboard error value so as to control the mass and volume of material loaded into the car.
  • the car mass value is indicative of a mass of a car after the car has been loaded with material.
  • the system includes a weighing device arranged to produce the car mass value after the car has been loaded with material.
  • the weighing device may be disposed at a location at least one car away from the surge bin, for example 4 cars away from the surge bin.
  • the system includes a mass estimator, wherein the car mass value is indicative of an estimated car mass before or as the car is loaded with material from the surge bin.
  • the system includes at least one car detection sensor arranged to detect presence of a car and determine a train location reference usable to determine a position of the car relative to the surge bin as the car moves relative to the surge bin, the system controlling the timing of flow of material from the surge bin according to the determined position of the car relative to the surge bin.
  • the system includes a first car detection sensor arranged to detect presence of a car and determine a first train location reference before the surge bin, the first train location reference usable to determine a front slider position indicative of a position of the car relative to the first train location reference, the system controlling the timing of commencement of ore flow according to the determined front slider position.
  • the system includes a second car detection sensor arranged to detect presence of a car and determine a second train location reference after the surge bin, the second train location reference usable to determine a rear slider position indicative of a position of the car relative to the second train location reference, the system controlling the timing of cessation of ore flow according to the determined rear slider position.
  • the first and/or second car detection sensor comprises a photoelectric cell.
  • the at least one freeboard measuring device comprises a front freeboard measuring device arranged to produce a front freeboard value indicative of a front freeboard of a car. In an embodiment, the at least one freeboard measuring device comprises a rear freeboard measuring device arranged to produce a rear freeboard value indicative of a rear freeboard of a car.
  • the at least one freeboard measuring device is disposed at a location at least one car away from the surge bin, for example 3 cars away from the surge bin.
  • the at least one freeboard measuring device may comprise at least one laser measuring device.
  • the at least one freeboard measuring device is arranged to produce a raw freeboard value and the system comprises at least one filter arranged to filter the raw freeboard value to produce a filtered freeboard value.
  • the at least one filter may comprise a low pass filter.
  • the at least one filter may be a discrete filter and may be arranged to implement the following filter algorithm: where F, is the new filtered freeboard measurement, F,--i is the previous filtered freeboard measurement, L, is the raw measurement signal received from the laser and /Ms a filter constant.
  • the system comprises an overload controller arranged to cause cessation of flow of material from the surge bin when the car mass value exceeds a defined value.
  • the system is arranged to use a new filtered rear freeboard measurement if the new filtered freeboard measurement is below the freeboard set point, and to use a previous filtered rear freeboard measurement if the new freeboard measurement is above the freeboard set point.
  • the at least one freeboard set point includes a front freeboard set point associated with a measured front freeboard value and a rear freeboard set point associated with a measured rear freeboard value, the front freeboard set point being substantially the same as the rear freeboard set point.
  • the system comprises a mass controller arranged to use the car mass error value to produce the at least one freeboard set point.
  • the mass controller may be a discrete controller, and may comprise a proportional-integral (PI) controller that may be in velocity form.
  • the mass controller may be arranged to implement the following algorithm:
  • the system is arranged to define maximum and minimum values for the freeboard set point.
  • the system comprises at least one freeboard controller arranged to control timing of flow of material from the surge bin by controlling the front and/or rear slider position based on the at least one freeboard error value.
  • the system comprises a front freeboard controller and a rear freeboard controller, the front freeboard controller arranged to use a front freeboard error value indicative of an error between a measured front freeboard value and the freeboard set point to control timing of commencement of flow of material from the surge bin based on the front freeboard error value, and the rear freeboard controller arranged to use a rear freeboard error value indicative of an error between a measured rear freeboard value and the freeboard set point and to control timing of cessation of flow of material from the surge bin based on the rear freeboard error value
  • the or each freeboard controller is a discrete controller, and may comprise a proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller that may be in velocity form.
  • PID proportional-integral-derivative
  • the or each freeboard controller is a PID-gamma controller. In an embodiment, the or each freeboard controller is arranged to implement the following algorithm: where:
  • b is a Kd/gamma control parameter
  • a is an exp(-1 /gamma) control parameter.
  • the system is arranged to set an initialisation freeboard set point value, the initialisation freeboard set point value being used until the at least one measured freeboard value is obtained.
  • the system is arranged such that when front and rear measured freeboard values are obtained after initialisation, a freeboard set point is determined based on the front and rear freeboard values, for example by averaging the front and rear freeboard values.
  • the system is arranged to adjust the rear slider in response to an adjustment to the front slider so as to compensate for a change to the rear freeboard caused by a change to the front slider.
  • system is arranged to facilitate manual adjustment of the timing of flow of material from the surge bin by an operator.
  • a method of loading material onto cars of a train at a mine operation comprising:
  • Figure 1 is a diagrammatic perspective representation of a train loading system according to an embodiment of the present invention
  • Figure 2 shows timing diagrams representing open and close distances associated with opening and closing of a clam of a surge bin
  • Figure 3 is a diagrammatic representation of a loaded car of a train illustrating front and rear freeboards
  • Figure 4 is a block diagram of a control system of the train loading system shown in Figure 1 ;
  • FIG 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating functional components of the control system shown in Figure 4.
  • An example train loading system 10 is shown diagrammatically in Figure 1 .
  • the train loading system 10 is arranged to load material 12, in this example ore, onto cars 14 of a train 16.
  • the ore flow from the surge bin 20 is controlled by opening and closing a clam 22.
  • the clam In order to fill a car 14 to a volume of material that corresponds closely to a desired car mass level and does not cause material to overflow from the car 14, the clam must be controlled to open and close at the correct times relative to movement of the train 16. However, given that variations may exist between cars, for example because the density of material loaded into each car varies, the optimum clam open and close times may vary for each car 14.
  • the system 10 includes a first car detection sensor 24, arranged to provide a first train location reference usable to define the timing of clam opening; and a second car detection sensor 26, arranged to provide a second train location reference usable to define the timing of clam closing.
  • the first train location reference is indicative of the location of a front edge of a car 14 prior to movement of the car 14 to a location under the surge bin 20
  • the second train location reference is indicative of the location of a rear edge of a car 14 after the car 14 has moved from a location under the surge bin 20, although it will be understood that other arrangements are possible.
  • each of the first and second car detection sensors 24, 26 includes a photoelectric cell arranged to detect presence of an object in a field of view of the cell, although it will be understood that any suitable sensor capable of detecting presence of a car is envisaged.
  • the system 10 defines a timing relationship 28 for opening the clam 22 and a timing relationship 30 for closing the calm 22, as shown in Figure 2.
  • the open timing relationship 28 defines an open distance offset 32 corresponding to the distance of train movement between detection of a car 14 by the first car detection sensor 24 and opening of the clam 22, the open distance offset 32 including a fixed front base component 34 and a front slider component 36 that is variable. It will be understood that the distance defined by the front slider component
  • the close timing relationship 30 defines a close distance offset 38 corresponding to the distance of train movement between detection of a car 14 by the second car detection sensor 26 and closing of the clam 22, the close distance offset 38 including a fixed rear base component 40 and a rear slider component 42 that is variable. It will be understood that the distance defined by the rear slider component 42 therefore determines the location of a car 14 relative to the clam 22 when the clam closes, and in this way the rear slider component 42 is a variable component that can be used to control the amount of material loaded into the car 14. Setting the open and close distances by setting the front and rear slider components 36, 42 in order to modify the amount of material loaded into a car 14 will be referred to in this specification as controlling the "sliders".
  • the system 10 is capable of adjusting the sliders 36, 42 automatically as necessary in order to account for process variation (such as ore density or variations in flow properties) and thereby control the mass and volume of ore in each car 14.
  • process variation such as ore density or variations in flow properties
  • Figure 3 shows an example fully loaded car 14 of a train 16.
  • the material forms a mound that may extend above upper edges 43 of the car at a location generally central of the car 14, and may extend below the edges 43 of the car 14 at front and rear ends of the car 14.
  • the distance measured in a generally horizontal direction between a front upper edge of the car 14 and the material 12 is termed the "front freeboard” 44.
  • the distance measured in a generally horizontal direction between a rear upper edge of the car 14 and the material 12 is termed the "rear freeboard" 46.
  • front and rear freeboards 44, 46 are indicative of the amount of material in the car 14 in the sense that an increase in the front and/or rear freeboard 44, 46 corresponds to a reduction in the volume of material in the car 14, and a decrease in the front and/or rear freeboard 44, 46 corresponds to an increase in the volume of material in the car 14.
  • front and rear freeboards 44, 46 are dependent on the front and rear sliders 36, 42, and therefore by controlling the front and rear sliders, the front and rear freeboards 44, 46 can be controlled and thereby the mass and volume of material in the car 14 controlled.
  • the system also 10 includes a weighing device 45 arranged to determine a net weight value of each car 14 as the car moves forwards, a front freeboard measuring device 47 arranged provide a measured value for the front freeboard 44 of a car 14, and a rear freeboard measuring device 49 arranged provide a measured value for the rear freeboard 46 of the car 14.
  • the weighing device 45 comprises track scales, although any suitable device for weighing a car 14 is envisaged.
  • each of the front and rear freeboard measuring devices 47, 49 includes a laser based measuring device, although it will be understood that any suitable measuring device capable of providing a value indicative of the front and rear freeboards 44, 46 is envisaged.
  • the measured values for the front and rear freeboards 44, 46 are delayed by three cars 14, and the net weight value produced by the weighing device 45 is delayed by four cars.
  • the system 10 is arranged to automatically adjust the sliders 36, 42 with a view to controlling the mass and volume in a car 14 so that the mass in the car is maintained at a desired mass set point, whilst ensuring that the ore does not overflow from the car 14.
  • the system 10 implements a cascade control arrangement wherein a desired set point for the front and rear freeboards 44, 46 is determined based on a determined error between a desired mass set point and a measured car mass value indicative of an actual car mass (for example provided by the weighing device 45).
  • the desired mass set point is indicative of a desired net mass of a car 14 and the desired set point for the front and rear freeboards 44, 46 is a set point for the front and rear freeboards that is considered to correspond to the desired net mass for the car 14. Based on the determined freeboard set point, values for the front and rear sliders 36, 42 are then set.
  • the front and rear freeboard set points are the same; that is, the same freeboard set point is used for both the front and rear freeboards 44, 46, which ensures that the mass of material in a car 14 is correctly balanced between the front and rear of the car 14.
  • FIG. 4 A block diagram representing a control system 50 of the train loading system 10 is shown in Figure 4, the control system 50 implementing the cascade control arrangement.
  • the control system 50 includes a mass controller 56 that receives a measured mass value 52 (for example, from the weighing device 45) and a mass set point value 54, and based on the measured mass value 52 and the mass set point value 54 calculates a freeboard set point value 58.
  • the freeboard set point value 58 is for both the front and rear freeboards 44, 46 and as such is provided to a front freeboard controller 60 and a rear freeboard controller 62 which also respectively receive a front freeboard measurement and a rear freeboard measurement from respective front and rear freeboard measuring devices 47, 49.
  • the front freeboard controller 60 calculates a front adjustment value for an open slider adjuster 64.
  • the rear freeboard controller 60 calculates a rear adjustment value for a close slider adjuster 66.
  • the open slider adjuster 64 controls the front slider 36 in order to adjust the location of the car 14 relative to the clam 22 when the clam opens.
  • the close slider adjuster 66 controls the rear slider 42 in order to adjust the location of the car 14 relative to the clam 22 when the clam closes.
  • the mass controller 56, and the front and rear freeboard controllers 60, 62 are of discrete controller type that operate on the basis of individual cars, not time.
  • the functional components 70 of the train control system 10 are shown in more detail in Figure 5.
  • the functional components 70 include mass control components 72 arranged to produce the freeboard set point value 58 using measured and desired car mass values, and slider control components 74 arranged to use the freeboard set point value 58 to determine the front and rear freeboard adjustment values for the open and close slider adjusters 64, 66.
  • the mass control components 72 show a mass estimator 76 and the car weighing device 45, one of which provides a car mass value indicative of the mass of a car 14 to an overload controller 78 arranged to generate a close clam instruction 80 when the car mass value exceeds a defined value.
  • the car mass value is also provided to a mass error determiner 86 that calculates a mass error between the mass set point 54 and the car mass value, in this example, the mass set point 54 being defined based on current mass loading statistics 82 and a desired overload rate 84.
  • the mass control components 72 also include the mass controller 56 and auto/manual mass control switch 100.
  • the mass controller 56 is a proportional-integral (PI) feedback controller implemented as a discrete controller. As such, the controller does not produce an output until a new railcar mass measurement arrives, either from the car weighing device 45 or the mass estimator 76. When this occurs, a new freeboard set point 58 for the front and rear freeboard controllers 60, 62 is calculated.
  • the mass controller 56 is implemented in velocity form, thus allowing for bumpless transfer with operator actions. As shown in Figure 5, the mass controller 56 may use either a trackscale
  • the trackscale measurement is more accurate, but includes a delay which the mass estimator 76 does not. Both reduced accuracy and feedback delay will limit the tunability and performance of the mass controller 56, so the best choice will depend on the relative error of the mass estimator 76 and the distance between the surge bin 20 and the car weighing device 45 for a given site.
  • the auto/manual mass control switch 100 is arranged to enable an operator to place the mass controller 56 in manual mode or automatic mode.
  • the freeboard set point 58 must be initialized to an appropriate value before automatic mode can commence.
  • the auto/manual mass control switch 100 is set to automatic and the output of the mass controller 56 set to a value corresponding to the current, filtered, freeboard measurements obtained using the front and rear freeboard measuring devices 47, 49.
  • the current car mass set point 54 is 120 tonnes;
  • the current mass controller output defines a freeboard set point of 50 mm (that is, each of the front and rear freeboards have a freeboard set point of 50 mm);
  • the velocity form of the PI discrete control algorithm implemented by the mass controller 56 to produce a controller output m, corresponding to the freeboard set point 58 is given by: where m, is the new controller output, m,-i is the previous controller output, K c is an overall controller gain constant, K, is an integral gain constant, e, is a constant error value between the current mass set point value 54 and the current car mass, and e,.i is a previous error value between the previous mass set point value 54 and the previous car mass.
  • the calculated controller output values that define the freeboard set point value 58 are constrained to appropriate maximum and minimum freeboard set point values 58 so as to avoid the possibility of the mass controller 56 producing an inappropriate outlier freeboard set point value 58.
  • the raw freeboard measurements produced by the front and rear freeboard measuring devices 47, 49 are noisy. As a consequence, the raw measurement signals produced by the freeboard measuring devices 47, 49 are filtered prior to providing the freeboard measurements to the freeboard controllers 60, 62. Since the raw freeboard measurement signals arrive intermittently - when a car 14 arrives at the front and rear freeboard measuring devices 47, 49 - a discrete filter algorithm is used.
  • F is the new freeboard measurement
  • F,-i is the previous freeboard
  • L is the raw measurement signal received from the laser and /Ms a filter constant.
  • the overload controller 78 has closed the clam 22 early on a car 14, the rear freeboard 46 will potentially be relatively large compared to the freeboard set point.
  • the system 10 is arranged to use the new freeboard measurement F if the new freeboard measurement F, is below the freeboard set point, and to use the previous freeboard measurement F if the new freeboard measurement F, is above the freeboard set point.
  • a previous front freeboard measurement F was 10mm
  • a previous rear freeboard measurement F was 25mm
  • a new raw laser measurement L, of 60mm is received for the front freeboard of the next car
  • a new raw laser measurement L, of 80mm is received for the rear freeboard of the next car.
  • the set point for both the front and rear freeboard was 30mm, and /Ms 0.5.
  • the slider control components 74 include a front low pass filter 92 for filtering the raw front freeboard measurement 93 received from the front freeboard measuring device 47, in this example by applying the discrete filter algorithm shown in equation (2), and a rear low pass filter 94 for filtering the raw rear freeboard measurement 95 received from the rear freeboard measuring device 49, in this example by applying the discrete filter algorithm shown in equation (2).
  • the filtered front freeboard measurement and the freeboard set point 58 are provided to a front freeboard error determiner 88 that calculates a front freeboard error indicative of the difference between the filtered front freeboard measurement and the freeboard set point 58.
  • the filtered rear freeboard measurement and the freeboard set point 58 are provided to a rear freeboard error determiner 90 that calculates a rear freeboard error indicative of the difference between the filtered rear freeboard measurement and the freeboard set point 58.
  • the front freeboard error is provided to the front freeboard controller 60 that uses the front freeboard error to produce the front slider adjustment value for the open slider adjuster 64.
  • the rear freeboard error is provided to the rear freeboard controller 62 that uses the rear freeboard error to produce the rear slider adjustment value for the close slider adjuster 66.
  • the slider control components 74 also include a front manual adjustment control 102 and rear manual adjustment control 104 usable to facilitate manual adjustment of the front and rear sliders respectively by an operator and thereby override the automatic slider control provided by the system 1 0.
  • the outputs of the front and rear freeboard controllers 60, 62 are constrained to appropriate maximum and minimum values to prevent windup.
  • the front and rear freeboard controllers 60, 62 are proportional- integral-derivative (PID) controllers that are implemented as discrete controllers.
  • PID proportional- integral-derivative
  • the front and rear sliders 36, 42 are only updated by the front and rear freeboard controllers 60, 62 when additional measurements arrive.
  • the front and rear sliders 36, 42 are only allowed to be updated if the clam is closed.
  • front and rear freeboard controllers 60, 62 are implemented in velocity form, thus simultaneously allowing discrete operation and making bumpless transfer from manual adjustments simpler.
  • the mass overload controller 78 has closed the clam 22 early to the extent that the current rear freeboard 46 is below the freeboard set point 58, the rear freeboard compensation value 96 is not passed on to the rear freeboard controller 62. Without this, the rear freeboard controller could wind up.
  • the front and rear freeboard controllers 60, 62 operate on a discrete basis and need to cope with the time delay imposed by the freeboard measuring devices 47, 49, as well as the lag imposed by the low pass filters 92, 94. For this reason, in this example PID- gamma controllers are used for the front and rear freeboard controllers 60, 62.
  • /T7/-2 is the previous slider position
  • e is the new freeboard error (mm), noting that the error sense is reversed for front and rear freeboard.
  • is the current freeboard error (mm).
  • ⁇ -2 is the previous freeboard error (mm);
  • K p is the proportional gain - a controller tuning parameter
  • Ki is the integral gain - a controller tuning parameter
  • a exp(-1/gamma) - a controller tuning parameter
  • This control form can be coded into a PLC as an algorithm that only executes when a new freeboard measurement arrives from a freeboard measuring device 47, 49.
  • Internal model control (IMC) tuning rules for the PID-gamma controller have provided the following suggestions for initial controller tuning parameters:
  • m, (rear) (1 +0.434)*55 - 0.434*50 + 7*(0.05+0.066-0.01 167) - 10*(0.05*(1 +0.434) +
  • the front and rear freeboard controllers 60, 62 cause the freeboards 44, 46 to trend towards the freeboard set point and the front slider to gradually increase in order to effect a gradual reduction in the front freeboard.
  • the overload controller 78 is arranged to close the clam 22 early in response to a high likelihood of mass overload of a car 14. Closing the calm early has the effect of increasing the rear freeboard and reducing the mass of ore loaded into the car 14. Frequent intervention by the overload controller 78 has the potential to cause wind up in the rear freeboard controller 62 and the mass controller 56. The impact of the overload controller 78 on the rear freeboard controller 62 can be reduced by estimating what the rear freeboard 46 would have been if the overload controller 78 had not intervened. This can be done by subtracting the "early close distance" (the distance between the rear slider 42 and the actual position of the car when the overload controller 78 caused the clam 22 to close) from the measured rear freeboard measurement 95 for the car.
  • the "early close distance" the distance between the rear slider 42 and the actual position of the car when the overload controller 78 caused the clam 22 to close
  • the adjusted value is then used as an input to the rear freeboard filter 94.
  • the impact of the overload controller 78 on the mass controller 56 can be reduced by adding a "tonnes removed" mass value corresponding to the early close distance multiplied by a constant of approximately 13 tonnes per metre to the measured mass for the car.
  • the adjusted value of mass is then used as an input to the mass controller 56 so that the current mass value input to the mass error determiner 86 more accurately represents the car mass value that will have occurred if the overload controller 78 had not intervened.
  • the averaged value of the current filtered front and rear freeboard measurements should be used as the initial output of the mass controller 56 when the mass controller 56 is first switched to automatic mode.
  • the current front and rear filtered freeboard measurements m,-i are 47mm and 57mm respectively. If the mass controller 56 is currently in automatic mode, switching the mass controller 56 to manual mode then immediately back to automatic mode would cause the set point for the front and rear freeboard controllers
  • the operator is able to adjust the sliders 36, 42 while the controllers are in automatic mode, and any adjustment made is treated as a brief transition into manual mode and back to automatic mode such that the mass and freeboard controllers 56, 60, 62 are reset as described above.
  • Controller tuning is important to the reliability of the system 10.
  • the freeboard controllers 60, 62 should be tuned first before tuning the mass controller 56.
  • the initial tuning process may follow a procedure according to the following:
  • the system 10 may be arranged so as to place the controllers 56, 60, 62 in manual mode with the system not allowing the controllers 56, 60, 62 to move to automatic mode until at least one valid freeboard signal has been received. It is to be understood that, if any prior art publication is referred to herein, such reference does not constitute an admission that the publication forms a part of the common general knowledge in the art, in Australia or any other country.
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