"Hard Pieces" - Production Systems for the Ceramics Industry require a lot from the Automation Systems
	A system in the ceramics industry has high automation engineering requirements with regard to process engineering, production engineering and logistics. Whether the firing, drying, positioning, loading/unloading of ovens and drying chambers or the traditional shipment, the continuity of the automation components employed provides invaluable benefits.
	Lingl Anlagenbau und Verfahrenstechnik, a globally operating specialist for ceramics systems, utilized Totally Integrated Automation by Siemens in its modular plant concepts. A key role as the data distributor is played by WinCC. Positive experiences at a roof tile plant of the Wiekor Dachprodukte in Langenzenn and at the ACME Brick Company in Fort Worth confirm the concept.
	Download of a  PDF-file  with a report concerning the Wiekor plant published  in TIA 3/99 , a report about the plant at the ACME Brick Company  and an  Interview with Hans-Jürgen Greiner, division manager at Lingl Anlagenbau, published in spectrum ceramitec 10/2000