PLANT CONDITION MONITORING AS CONTRIBUTION TO QUALITY ASSURANCE, ILLUSTRATED BY THE EXAMPLE OF A SLAB CONTINUOUS-CASTING PLANT

Reproducibility of product quality and process an plant information re quired. Resulting tasks of a monitoring system: description, predictio n, check and diagnosis of process and plant condition. Components of t he ''Issus'' system for the monitoring of the condition of a slab cont inuous casting plant. Examples of the monitored functions of a slab co ntinuous casting plant. Information interconnection with production, m aintenance and quality information systems. Economic application throu gh permanent use of the system and through wide utilization of the kno wledge gained.