Glossary

A pager is a mobile radio receiver designed to radio the driver for information purposes (while s/he is waiting on the yard). Pager-oriented solutions within the scope of yard automation 4.0 provide for secure communication and optimisation of plant-logistic processes by reducing the in-plant residence and lead times (also refer to: Time slot management).

see Payroll accounting

see Payroll accounting

Covers the calculation of wages and salaries compliant with legal and social security requirements.

Peripheral equipment in the IT industry designates all physical end devices connected to a system.

Sensitising the employees to a secure handling of e-mails as e-mails still are the point of attack No. 1 in a company. Here, the weak point is the human being. However, the "human firewall" can be optimised in selective training.

The scales foundation is made of armoured concrete piles of varying depth supporting the load points of the scales.

With a pit foundation, the trafficable surface is flush with the surrounding surface. 

Plant engineering covers new construction, extension, and modernisation of production lines. It includes consulting, project engineering, delivery, assembly, and commissioning, as well as the after-sales service. In mechanical process engineering, we distinguish between bulk goods (plants for dry materials) and liquid media.

Our scope of services covers:

• Turnkey bulk material equipment
• Modernisation and expansion of plants
• Silo systems
• Suction and pressure conveyors
• Container-scales systems
• Fibre dosing
• Dosing systems for small and medium components
• Mixers (batch and continuous mixers)
• Filling and loading systems
• IBC dosing
• Drum dosing
• Dissolvers
• Tank farms

Plants for dry materials store and finish bulk materials. Storage can be e.g. in silos, big bags, or bag chutes. Normally, the raw materials are finished in mixing procedures or by triage to become the finished product.

Yard management, plant logistics, and dispatch automation cover planning, organisation, control, processing, and supervision of the entire flow of materials and goods.

A platform weigher is one of the many varieties of scales. It is often used to weigh solid matters.

A programmable logic control (in short: PLC) is an automation device holding a programmed code to use digital and analogue input values ("process image") to set digital and analogue output values in order to control machines and processes. 

see PLC

See Loading control and PLC

Material-friendly pneumatic conveying during which the material handled is in sections surrounded by air ("plug"). Compressed air is used to move the plugs at low conveying speed into the material separator. This conveying method prevents damage to damageable material.

The manufacturing execution system uses statistical methods to calculate the prospective (future) date for maintenance work. This calculation can be used to create maintenance orders. The system documents the execution of such maintenance orders. 

Process automation is used to automate machines, installations, or facilities (e.g. automation of production lines).

Automation covers the following:

• Electrical engineering (CAE)
• Programming of software for different automation systems (e.g. PLC)
• Electrical installation

An MES with the automated control of a process-controlled production line in focus. 

The process control technology gives the control of process-controlled and automated procedures special emphasis. To this end, an MES is linked with automation devices. 

Process engineering is a segment of engineering science and deals with all procedures in which material properties are converted.