Author: cyrus@timberbrookfamily.com

  • February 24, 2016
  • cyrus@timberbrookfamily.com

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

  • January 27, 2016
  • cyrus@timberbrookfamily.com

Using 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

  • January 20, 2016
  • cyrus@timberbrookfamily.com

Using Average Absolute Error to Uncover Tuning Issues

Average Absolute Error (AAE) Provides an Intuitive Alternative to Variance and Simplifies the Assessment of Changes in PID Controller Performance.

Quite simply, things at a manufacturing facility can change

  • December 1, 2015
  • cyrus@timberbrookfamily.com

Using 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