Automation in ferrous metallurgy—results and problems

“To convert gradually from the development and introduction of individual machines and technological processes to the development, production, and massive application of highly efficient systems of machines, equipment, instruments, and technological processes that provide for the mechanization and automation of all production processes, and the auxiliary, transportation, and storage operations in particular.” (From “Fundamental trends in the development of the national economy of the USSR during the period 1976–1980.”)