AUTOMATIC WAGON LOADING CONTROL SYSTEM USING INDUSTRY 4.0 TECHNOLOGIES

Purpose: the development of a system for automatic control of car loading, which will be able to combine separate nodes into one common system to ensure greater control and reliability of the process. Research methods are grapho-combinatorial. Methodology: the research is justified by a logical synthesis based on the hardware of embedded control systems, programming in the language of functional blocks of the MEK61131-3 standard. Results: the requirements for the structure of the automation system of coal loading complexes were formulated, the basic automation equipment was selected, and the control algorithms were determined. Based on the requirements for the automation system, a functional scheme and its technical implementation of the automation of coal loading complexes as a single control system were developed. The algorithm was developed and subsequently the SAC program of the local system was developed, which was able to show its performance in the "Owen Logic" environment. This made it possible to adjust and select the correct coefficients and possible calculated data. Scientific novelty: the development of a functional model of the coal loading complex and the use of wireless communications, aimed at combining fragmented local systems into one common one to ensure greater control and reliability of the process. Practical significance: the functional and structural model of the coal loading complex will allow to increase its level of automation, reliability and efficiency of operation, to eliminate the shortcomings of the technical fragmentation of the system and to prevent significant material, time and economic costs for setting up the system.