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  • December 18, 2025
  • Control Guru

PID Tuning for Dynamic Processes — Even with Imperfect Data

Introduction Many real-world processes rarely operate at steady state. They are disturbed by frequent setpoint changes, upstream interactions, load variability, and instrumentation limitations. Yet PID controllers are still expected to

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  • October 15, 2024
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Tackling Temperature Control in Food & Beverage Manufacturing

Maintaining effective and efficient control of temperature-sensitive processes like pasteurization, cooling, and cooking can be a challenge for Food & Beverage manufacturers. These processes rely on consistent temperature management to

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  • September 4, 2024
  • Control Guru

Challenges in the Oil & Gas Sector

Though oscillations in control loops represent a significant challenge across the process industries at-large, they are especially challenging for those in the Oil & Gas sector. In short, if oscillations

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  • June 26, 2023
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Adaptable Automation Using State-Based Control

An edible oil processing company struggled to run various products with unique characteristics until they applied state-based control loop performance monitoring software to handle the differences. Good automation system designs

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  • June 17, 2023
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State-Based Analytics Tame Complexity

A level control application with numerous operating states demonstrates how to apply control loop performance monitoring software with integrated state-based analytics. Many control loops regularly experience non-steady-state conditions. However, an

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  • June 13, 2023
  • Control Guru

Extending Loop Optimization Throughout the Organization

Individual loop tuning is important, but the benefits multiply when loop performance is improved throughout operating units and fleets of equipment The many benefits of process loop tuning—including improved product