Industrial Automation and Process Control Systems

Europe's No. 1 for the process automation of float glass plants

In a few words :

No other European company has more experience in float line process automation than STG Combustion Control.

Since 1990, STG has carried out more than 150 major automation projects for customers in the glass industry.
Our references include around 80 float glass lines and over 50 container glass furnaces.

Unlike many of our competitors, we do not offer "off-the-shelf" systems, but always tailor made solutions for our customers.

STG als Systemintegrator für die Glasindustrie
STG als Systemintegrator für die Glasindustrie
Reversal Mimic Floatanlage

Smart solutions for the process control technology of glass melting furnaces

STG offers state-of-the-art control solutions with a comprehensive technological understanding of the specifics of the glass melting process. We see the control system as a powerful tool for combining our innovative ideas for continuous process improvement in terms of energy efficiency, emission reduction and quality assurance with the customer's requirements and putting them into practice.

We are constantly striving to improve and optimise the melting process - for us, there is no such thing as "good enough".

 

SIEMENS Solution Partner

SIEMENS Solution Partner

Since the early days of STG, to a large extent we have worked with SIEMENS technology - so STG employees have a wealth of experience in the use of control systems based on PCS7, S7/WinCC, TIA Portal...

We are proud to have become one of the first certified SIEMENS Solution Partners back in 2008.

Go to the STG partner profile at SIEMENS

 

Scope of supply

STG's services range from CAD design, control cabinet construction, control system programming and visualisation to on-site installation and commissioning of the complete control system.

Training of the customer's personnel at STG or on site or assistance with programming at STG is common practice.

Planning of optimal control system design

Engineering

  • Hardware ( Cabinets planning, Field planning, disposition of components)
  • Software (DCS, CPU, Visualization)

Control cabinets assembly

  • Control cabinets CPU / Network / Fibre optics
  • Control cabinets frequency converters
  • Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS)

Signal Test and FAT

Installation and Commissioning

Process optimisation

Documentation and Training

Schaltschrankbau Floatanlage
Schaltschrankbau Floatanlage

Installation

Disposition, delivery and installation of field devices (Pressure, Temperature, Flow rate…)

Disposition, delivery and installation of Frequency converters

Delivery and installation of cable trays

Control room furniture (e.g. Desks, Video walls, Networks, Server cabinets)

Bus systems (DP, PA, redundant, fibre-optic, copper)

Disposition, delivery and termination of fibre optics systems

Schaltschrankbau bei STG
Schaltschrankbau bei STG

Applications

SIEMENS PCS7

SIMATIC S7/S5

Allen-Bradley (Rockwell)

WinCC / WinTM

Energy Management System (EMS)

Intellution iFIX

ePLAN

PCS7 Wannensteuerung für Floatanlage
PCS7 Wannensteuerung für Floatanlage

Extensive STG Software Library for glass melting furnaces

BTR Furnace Temperature Control

Flexible Energy Control

Energy Based Lambda Control

Solutions for redundant system design

Long term data bases

Energy Management System (EMS)

Special program module for fine tuning of reversal sequence

Further specialized and industry proven control loops

Extras:

PLC integrated model based function blocks for energy optimisation and a proactive operational mode

PLC integrated Lambda Control based on Oxygen Sensors, also for Dual (Gas /Oil) and OxyFuel firing

PLC integrated combustion calculation

BTR Furnace Temperature Control

Automatical symmetry control of furnace heating

Recipe management for feeder and top roll machines

Best available system safety due to

  • Offline tests in Cottbus with STG and customer staff
  • Optimized and custom-fit system architectures, e.g.:
    - Redundant PLC
    - Single PLC with bumpless Backup
    - Distributed redundancy
EMS Energiemanagement System
EMS Energiemanagement System

Example for Hot End Control System architecture of a Float Glass line

Beispiel Systemarchitektur Float Glass - PCS7 Redundant ProfiNet
Beispiel Systemarchitektur Float Glass - PCS7 Redundant ProfiNet

Example for Hot End Control System architecture of a container glass line

Beispiel Systemarchitektur U-Flamme - PCS7 Redundant ProfiBus
Beispiel Systemarchitektur U-Flamme - PCS7 Redundant ProfiBus

Certificates

STG is certified as "Siemens Solution Partner - Automation Drives"

Portfolio Module “Process Control System PCS 7”

Expert Module "PCS7 Applications"

Expert Module “Glass”

STG is certified for Quality Management System acc. to ISO 9001:2015 

for the scope of certification: "System integrator for the glass industry / chemical industry / steel industry / biotechnology"

STG is certified for Environmental Management System acc. to ISO 14001:2015 

for the scope of certification: "System integrator for the glass industry / chemical industry / steel industry / biotechnology"

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