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Contact:
Jean J. Dubray
IFE Technologies.
138, bd de Pontoise
95 370 Montigny Les Cormeilles
France
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Paris (France) - September 5th 1994, IFE technologies announced
the availability of Magellan v3.0, a state of the art object oriented
supervisory control and data acquisition system running under UNIX.
It is being offered on 486 and pentium PCs, HP 9000 series 700.
Magellan is designed to control high precision material processes
involving temperature, pressure, digital ... controls, safety
interlock and in situ monitoring. Applications range from
semi-conductor, thin films to ceramic and polymer production or
research, involving thermal, liquid, plasma... processes.
Magellan is 100 % production oriented : its unique Process Calibration
Database enables day to day reproducibility and customer driven
flexibility. Several working points of the reactor can be maintained
in the database minimizing switching time between production batches.
Recipes are adjusted automatically with the database.
The user configures Magellan by instanciating individual objects
corresponding to the different controllers on the reactor : PID
temperature, pressure, mass flow controllers, pyrometer, pressure
gauge, digital, step motors controllers ... Magellan reconfigures
itself according to the object list. The Process Calibration Database
is created and each source of material can be calibrated.
Complex recipes are written by describing the different steps of
the recipe with time or conditionnal sequencing. The Recipe Editor
enables nested loops for multilayer material deposition, and
non-linear set point curves that can generate any composition
gradients to mach interfaces for instance. Materials layer structure
can be defined in terms of thickness and composition. Magellan
calculates subsequently the corresponding durations and set points
according to the database.
Magellan Man-Machine Interface can be defined for three process
user's levels : Developper, Engineer, Operator. Operators can only
execute recipes. Process Engineers can modify maintain the Process
Calibration Database up to date and change parameters in the recipes,
follow SPC data and write reports mixing graphs tabular data,
measures .... Process Developpers have access to system configuration,
can write recipes, and test non-linear set point curves.
Magellan has a built-in object oriented real-time kernel : DLCs
can be combined from several vendors eliminating the need for a
common sequencing controller. Communication drivers are available
for a large variety of controllers.
Magellan v3.0g is a reduced version that enables to built grafcet
controllers Man-Machine Interfaces in minutes.
Magellan v3.0p can control up to 4 reactors simultaneously running
individual recipes. Batch capabilities are supported for integrated
production system.
For processes that rely on permanent in situ or ex situ monitoring
to insure constant quality by correcting long term deviations,
Magellan Application Kit (MAK) enables you to implement expert
behavior in hours or days, directly traducing process engineer
knowledge into complex regulation loop.
IFE technologies developer team will develop free of charge :
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any given communication protocol.
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already in Magellan's kit on a two weeks period.
Magellan single-user licence purchase price is $9,990. Any subsequent
operator licence is $2,990.
MAK Development kit can be purchased for $ 5,990.
Educational price is $5,990 for both licence and MAK development kit.
For detailed information about Magellan, send electronic mail to
<jj@ife.fdn.org> or contact IFE technologies at 34, rue Desnouettes
75 015 Paris, France.
Facsimile can be sent to (+33 1) 34 50 65 10 and voice calls are
accepted at (+33 1) 39 78 61 14.
IFE technologies is a privately owned company that performs Materials
Science system Engineering and mission critical development since
1991.