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expense of computer users and the leading designer. This is counter to most ethical
principles and hypocritical.
After Leading Designer 1 was forced to return to Crete, production of in-house
computers at Elwro totally ceased which disadvantaged the firm as well. However,
the PoPs' attempt to be given the credit for the leading designer's work was unsuc-
cessful, and they were not subsequently assigned to computer projects of equal
importance.
3.2
Case Study 2: Rod Steel Mill Traffic Control System
The steel mill traffic control system (Fig.
8.2
) (Wojsznis 2013, private communica-
tion), developed in the late 1960s, was the first Polish application of computers to
complex industrial process control. Its functionality included monitoring and con-
trol of work (billets, rods) traffic, processes and characteristics, as well as some
process coordination functions. Although the system had a similar degree of com-
plexity to present-day systems developed by teams of a dozen or so designers, this
pioneering solution was designed by two designers.
Leading Designer 2, who was in charge of the steel mill control system, was
promoted out of design after the system passed the commissioning run. He was
appointed to the so-called general designer position, which unfortunately did not
involve any design work. He therefore lost the power resulting from being the sole
computer control system designer in Poland. He was eventually forced to resign by
local PoPs who were jealous of his experience and expertise. For a while he worked
as a lecturer in Nigeria and subsequently as an engineer for a private Polish com-
pany. He finally emigrated to the USA, where he joined Fisher-Rosemount. After
successfully completing a difficult test project, he was appointed to a prominent
technical position.
ROD MATERIAL UNDER CONTROL
…
PRODUCTION LINE
TRAFIC
SENSORS
THERMO-
METERS
SCALES
CPU
PRODUCTION
REPORT
PRINTERS
Fig. 8.2
Rod steel mill
material traffic control system
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