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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2026
Filed:
May. 20, 2021
Sms Group Gmbh, Düsseldorf, DE;
Thomas Daube, Duisburg, DE;
Holger Behrens, Erkrath, DE;
Lutz Kümmel, Jüchen, DE;
Ulrich Sommers, Düsseldorf, DE;
SMS group GmbH, Düsseldorf, DE;
Abstract
A metallurgical production plant has a plurality of plant parts. An input quality window defines required quality characteristics of the input product to each plant part. An output quality window defines permissible quality characteristics of the output product of each plant part. The output quality window of an upstream plant part corresponds to the input quality window of the downstream plant part. A process window defines the setting values that can be implemented by the respective plant part. Each plant part detects the current state by sensors and adapts the process window to the detected current state. A system for controlling the production plant determines setting values for the respective plant automation unit of each plant part. The setting values are selected within the process windows such that the product produced in the production plant meets the quality characteristics required by the input quality windows and output quality windows.