Qualification requirements for ibaQDR integrators

The ibaQDR software product is a data acquisition system for quality data, with the distinctive feature of simultaneous storage of time and length-based measurement values.

It is used particularly in strip lines (e.g. processing lines, cold and hot rolling mills). Here, multiple entry materials (“tracked parts” - coils, slabs, etc.) are transported through the line and processed, either welded together or individually. At the end of the process, a subset or superset of the entry materials is cut as a product and/or sample.

The same principle applies to production lines in other industrial fields, where long or web-shaped products are manufactured, such as rubber calanders, paper machines or extrusion lines, as well as plants for plate glass and wood panels. Here, ibaQDR can be used as well.

In ibaQDR the monitored production area is divided into different sections or locations (measuring locations). A distinctive feature of ibaQDR is the necessity for the measuring locations at which measured values occur to be assigned to a material tracking system, which supplies ibaQDR with tracking IDs, product speeds or lengths, etc. There are other adjustment options for assignment of text signals and possible special measuring location types (In front of tracking start, with offset, reversing, dividing measuring location).

The use of ibaQDR thus requires that the various interfaces to the material tracking system and to the control system are very carefully planned and configured appropriately on the ibaQDR side.

To provide and practice this knowledge, iba AG has developed an example simulator (hot-dip galvanizing line process).

Standard training on this simulator provides a fundamental understanding of the technical process and the ibaQDR configuration options. Further, more extensive training opportunities are provided by the playback mode for time-based ibaPDA data stores from real-world systems.

All training and support activities that are mandatory for initial delivery to an equipment supplier are listed below. After successful training and support on an initial project, the equipment supplier is awarded an ibaQDR certification and can then offer the product to their end customers and purchase it from iba AG without any further training requirements.

Training and support activities for equipment suppliers as new ibaQDR user