THE DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM FOR THE NLO ERROR PROPAGATION EXERCISE

Year
1983
Author(s)
Alan M. Bieber - Brookhaven National Laboratory
Bernard Keisch - Brookhaven National Laboratory
Sylvester Suda - Brookhaven National Laboratory
C.W. Lower - NLO, Inc.
Bernard Gesslness - NLO, Inc.
Abstract
An automated data acquisition system using barcoded labels was developed for an error propagation exercise to determine the limit of error for inventory differences (LEID) for a material balance area at NLO, Inc.'s Feed Materials Production Center, Fernald, Ohio. Each discrete item of material to be measured (weighed or analyzed) was labeled with a bar-coded identification number. Automated scale terminals, portable bar-code readers, and an automated laboratory data entry terminal were used to read identification labels and automatically record measurement and transfer information. This system is the prototype for an entire material control and accountability system.