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January 30, 2020 – Control Station Continues Global Growth with Strong 2019 Export Sales
Control Station today announced another record year of sales supported by strong exports and steady growth in the licensing of the company’s process diagnostic and optimization solutions. The company’s performance reflects overall growth in the industrial control and automation sector and increased global demand for process and energy efficiency solutions.
Read MoreMay 26, 2016 – Control Station Expands Portfolio of eLearning Courses
Initial Multi-Lingual eLearning Offering for Operators, Technicians, and Engineers May 25, 2016 – Control Station today announced availability of an expanded eLearning offering targeting the training and skills development…
Read MoreIs the Harris Index Right for Your Loop Assessment Needs?
Predicting the weather is difficult – just ask a meteorologist. Even with the help of advanced analytics few seem to get it right with consistency – just ask any parent who has dealt with an unplanned snow day. In addition to more advanced tools meteorologists rely on basic measures such as Temperature, Wind Speed, and Atmospheric Pressure. Their continued reliance on these simpler metrics provides food for thought.
Read MoreFebruary 25, 2016 – Control Station Continues International Expansion with European Office
What is the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)?
If you’ve investigated manufacturing trends recently, then the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) has probably caught your attention once or twice. IIoT capitalizes on a range of communication and automation technologies that have been applied in industrial applications for years. With its primary focus on the supply chain and enhancing efficiency, however, IIoT often leaves production staff wondering how plant floor operations will be impacted.
Read MoreData Collection Speed is Key to the Accurate Interpretation of Process Dynamics
If you’re old enough to remember silent movies, then you know what it’s like to see the characters seemingly jiggle around the screen. Black spots would randomly appear as the story was told with the help of subtitles. Spots and subtitles aside, these movies appeared jittery due to their slow speed. The slow frame rate – a precursor of data collection speed – resulted in visual gaps.
Read MoreUsing Percent Time in Normal to Uncover Tuning Issues
Even Simple Metrics Such as Percent Time in Normal Reveal Issues that Negatively Affect Performance and Signal the Need for Controller Tuning
It’s easy to get tripped up if a shoelace is untied. Just ask any child. While that’s a lesson most learn early in their lives each of us can occasionally slip up and find ourselves at risk.
Read MoreUsing Average Absolute Error to Uncover Tuning Issues
January 13, 2016 – New Solution Provider Extends Control Station’s Global Reach to South Pacific
Network Gains Proven Monitoring and Optimization Services Provider with Addition of Daesim Technologies January 13, 2016 – Control Station, Inc. expands its solution provider program with the addition of Daesim…
Read MoreUsing Mode Changes to Uncover Tuning Issues
Poor Controller Tuning.
Operator interventions and Mode Changes are often viewed negatively. When a PID loop is switched out of automatic there can be a sense that the controller wasn’t allowed to perform its job. With each change, goals related to production throughput and efficiency suffer a psychological hit. Since so much is invested in automating plant-wide production, interventions can feel like a step backwards. Viewed in a different light, however, those interventions provide potentially valuable insights that help production to move forward.