Control Station

PID Tuning Parameters – Tips for Calculating Integral When a Smooth PV is Critical
2022-09-14 13:00 - 13:30 (America/Halifax) | Interactive Online Learning
Hosted by Gary McKenzie
Senior Applications Specialist of JMP Solutions
The ability to accurately model a process’ dynamic behavior and calculate effective PID tuning parameters can be challenging. It is even more complex when the associated controller is tasked with maintaining a steady Process Variable (PV) in the face of waves of disturbances.
Join Control Station in the Red Zone on September 14th at 1:00 PM EST as we host Gary McKenzie, Senior Applications Specialist of JMP Solutions. During this session, Gary will address the unique challenges associated with calculating values for a controller’s Integral term when constrained by the need for a smooth PV. Leveraging a recent case study from the Oil & Gas sector, Gary will share considerations and recommendations for achieving effective control of critical control loops.

19th IFAC Symposium
2022-08-15 - 2022-08-17 | Hotel Bonaventure, 900, rue De La Gauchetiere, Montreal, Quebec, H5A 1E4, Canada
The International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) is proud to announce that the 19th Symposium on Control, Optimization and Automation in Mining, Mineral and Metal Processing (MMM 2022) will be held in Montreal from August 15 to 17, 2022.
The National Organizing Committee is preparing an exciting scientific program that explores the state-of-the-art control, optimization, and automation technologies in the field. Both academic and industrial control engineering practitioners will have the opportunity to present their work and exchange research ideas with colleagues from across the globe.
The 19th IFAC MMM Symposium covers the following topics:
Mining, mineral and metal processing
Metal recycling and waste treatment
Energy and carbon abatement
Process modelling
System identification and state estimation
Process control and optimization
Process monitoring and fault detection
Big data, machine learning, artificial intelligence
Raw data processing, data acquisition chain, data mining, data storage
Production planning, distribution and logistics
Automation
Sensor and Instrumentation
Other applications related to the MMM field

o Presentation: “PID Tuning Using Highly Oscillatory Data”
Authors: Todd Kinsey (Freeport-McMoRan), Maxym Lachance (BBA), and Bob Rice (Control Station)
Tuesday, August 16, 2022
11:00-11:20 AM

o Presentation: “Optimizing Mine Efficiency & Throughput Using CLPM”
Authors: Pascal Laplante (Agnico Eagle mines), Maxym Lachance (BBA), and Vince Heng (Control Station)
Wednesday, August 17, 2022
2:50-3:10 PM

Techniques for Applied Process Control (Virtual)
2022-06-28 - 2022-07-01, 2022-05-03 - 2022-05-06, 2022-02-01 - 2022-02-04

CSIA Executive Conference
2022-06-27 - 2022-06-30 | Hilton Denver City Center, Denver, CO, United States

Control Loop Tuning: Eliminating the Guesswork of Tuning PID Controllers
2022-06-24 13:00 - 13:45 (America/Halifax) | Interactive Online Learning
Hosted by Bob Rice, PhD
Vice President of Engineering of Control Station
Tuning your facility’s oscillatory and noisy PID control loops shouldn’t be a Hit-or-Miss proposition. Proven methods and available tools allow practitioners to eliminate the guesswork associated with controller tuning and process optimization.
Bob Rice is Control Station’s Vice President of Engineering and resident thought leader. Dr. Rice is an award-winning presenter who possesses extensive first-hand experience with addressing the everyday challenges of PID control and plant-wide process optimization.
During this 45-minute Red Zone webinar, Bob will both address common challenges presented by highly variable controllers and showcase a simple, repeatable approach for achieving consistent, optimal results. In particular, he’ll explore the following:

How to apply an industry-proven technique for stabilizing level controllers
How to properly define the control objective for your PID
How a 6-step method allows practitioners to accurately assess challenging PIDs

Register now and join us Inside the Red Zone on Friday, June 24th at 1:00 PM EST. Don’t miss out on this live information session. Participants will receive complimentary access to Control Station’s PID Tuning Guide.

Northern Ireland Manufacturing & Supply Chain Conference & Exhibition
2022-06-23 | Titanic Exhibition Centre, Belfast, United Kingdom

National Manufacturing & Supply Chain Conference & Exhibition
2022-05-25 - 2022-05-26 | RDS Simmonscourt), Dublin, Ireland
Come find Control Station in Booth F07!

Rockwell Automation Genuis Webinar
2022-05-25 | Interactive Online Learning
Loop Tuning Fundamentals: Effective Cascade Control within PlantPAx
March 23, 2022 (1:00 PM – 1:30 PM)
Presenters: Bob Rice, PhD (Vice President, Engineering); Paul Wentzell, P.Eng., PMP (PlantPAx Product Manager – Rockwell Automation)

AVEVA PI World Amsterdam 2022
2022-05-16 00:00 - 2022-05-19 00:00 UTC | RAI Convention Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands

TAPPICon22
2022-04-30 08:00 - 2022-05-04 17:00 UTC | Charlotte Convention Center, 501 South College Street, Charlotte, NC, 28202, United States
Featured Presentation:Advanced Analytics Capability for Assessing and Optimizing Multi-State Production Processes
May 3, 2022 (8:00 AM – 10:00 AM)
Presenters: Bob Rice, PhD (Vice President, Engineering – Control Station)

eChemExpo 2022
2022-04-21 08:00 - 2022-04-22 17:00 UTC | Meadowview Convention Center, 1901 Meadowview Parkway, Kingsport, TN, 37660, United States
Visit us at booth #206.
Featured Presentation: Using State-Based PID Controller Analytics to Increase Uptime and Throughput
April 21, 2022 (3:45 PM – 4:10 PM)
Presenters: Bob Rice, PhD (Vice President, Engineering – Control Station)

PACK EXPO East
2022-03-21 08:00 - 2022-03-23 17:00 UTC | Pennsylvania Convention Center, 1101 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
Visit us at booth #307.
Featured Presentation: Leveraging Controller Analytics and PID Effectiveness to Reduce Machine Downtime
March 23, 2022 (1:00 PM – 1:30 PM)
Presenters: Bob Rice, PhD (Vice President, Engineering – Control Station)

Challenges of Slow Processes and Opportunities for Optimization
2022-03-02 14:00 - 14:30 (America/Halifax) | Interactive Online Learning
Hosted by Aaron Berlinic
Chief Technology Officer of Apex Automation
Manual tuning methods routinely fail to achieve meaningful improvement. That’s especially true when manually tuning slow processes like those characterized by a large Time Constant. The time needed to perform effective bump testing is often significant, and the accuracy of the associated process models is often questionable. For practitioners working without the right tools, tuning PIDs is essentially guesswork.
Aaron Berlinic is Managing Partner and Chief Technology Officer of Apex Automation. Based out of Edmonton, Alberta, Aaron rose through the ranks of Canada’s dynamic oil and gas sector. He continues to play an active role in Apex’s rapidly growing process automation practice.
During this 20-minute Red Zone webinar, Aaron will share his team’s recent experiences in the Athabasca oil sands, and he’ll reveal specific challenges and opportunities associated with:

The unique dynamic behavior of large Time Constant processes
The impact of thermal cycles and cycling stress on performance and reliability
A proven, repeatable process for tuning slow process loops
Economic benefits of reduced burner cycling and increased firetube efficiency

Register now and join us Inside the Red Zone on Wednesday, March 2nd at 2:00 PM EST. Don’t miss out on this live information session co-hosted by Control Station and one of North America’s leading industrial integration firms.

2022 EPRI Heat Rate Improvement Conference
2022-02-07 08:00 - 2022-02-09 17:00 UTC | Francis Marion Hotel, 387 King Street, Charleston, SC, 29403, United States
Featured Presentation: Innovations in Control Loop Monitoring Uncover Opportunities for Operational Gains
February 9, 2022 (10:10 AM – 11:50 AM)
Presenters: Bob Rice, PhD (Vice President, Engineering – Control Station) and Sam Korellis (Technical Executive – Electric Power Research Institute)

Automation Fair
2021-11-10 08:00 - 2021-11-11 17:00 UTC | George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, TX, United States
You won’t want to miss the Automation Fair in November. The event will feature keynote presentations, hands-on labs and technical discussions, a show floor with interactive demonstrations of automated solutions from Rockwell Automation members and more!
The Automation Fair is coming up this November. You’ll be able to attend exciting opening keynotes by industry experts as well as network with other professionals at the event’s many workshops or panel sessions on topics like automation for Industry 4.0 systems or IoT applications that save costs without sacrificing quality throughout your enterprise operations.

Y NOW 2021
2021-11-02 08:00 - 2021-11-04 17:00 UTC | Interactive Online Learning
Autonomous operation is the ultimate destination in any digital transformation journey. Autonomous operations possess learning and adaptive capabilities that enable automated responses to emerging situations without human operator interaction. They can rapidly adapt to market disruptions and benefit from improved safety, higher reliability, increased efficiency, reduced costs, and expedited time-to-market.

Ensuring Continuously Optimized Control System Performance
2021-10-20 06:30 - 07:00 (America/Halifax) | Interactive Online Learning
For many in the process industries maintaining optimal performance can be more challenging than the initial optimization effort. In this webinar Eldor AS and Control Station share proven methods for sustaining optimal performance of a production facility’s control system.

AUTOMA 2021
2021-10-04 01:00 - 2021-10-05 10:00 UTC | Willbrook Platinum Business & Convention Center, Bucharest, Romania
Oil & Gas Automation and Digitalization Congress is an annual B2B event devoted to the latest industry 4.0 trends applicable to the whole value chain of the oil and gas industry: upstream, midstream, and downstream. Among topics covered are digital business transformation, data and intelligent asset management, IoT, robotics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, high-performance computing, startup solutions, and many others.

Technology Partner Genius Webinar with Control Station: Loop Tuning Fundamentals: Rules & Best-Practices for PID Controller Tuning
2021-09-29 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Interactive Online Learning
Join Dr. Rob Rice as he reviews why the process of PID control loops doesn’t have to be difficult. That is true for both loops that exhibit simple dynamic behavior as well as loops that showcase complex characteristics such as oscillations and noise.

OSIsoft: PI World
2021-09-28 09:00 - 2021-09-30 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | TBD
No matter what experience you have with the PI System – new, learning, or advanced – numerous sessions are available for you to make the most of PI World. Join us for your opportunity to learn, share, and network with PI System experts across various industries including your very own Control Station team.

Rockwell Automation on the Move (RAOTM) – Atlanta
2021-09-15 - 2021-09-16 | Gas South Convention Center, 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth, GA, 30097, United States
Rockwell Automation on the Move brings a specialized event experience to your local market. Discover actionable solutions through educational sessions, hands-on labs and exhibits from Rockwell Automation and members of the PartnerNetwork™.

Making Unscheduled Downtime a Thing of the Past
2021-09-08 12:30 - 13:00 (America/Halifax) | Interactive Online Learning
Unplanned downtime cripples both productivity and profitability. Join Avid Solutions and Control Station to learn how engineers are using process and electro-mechanical asset data to proactively detect common performance issues that lead to unplanned downtime.

How to Easily Detect and Identify Valve Issues
2021-09-01 12:30 - 13:00 (America/Halifax) | Interactive Online Learning
Backlash is a common mechanical issues that negatively effects valve performance and plant productivity. This web seminar co-hosted by BBA and Control Station explores the nature of backlash and demonstrates manual and automated methods for isolating it.

Werner IN4M
2021-08-17 09:00 - 2021-08-18 17:00 UTC | Lambeau Field, 1265 Lombardi Avenue, Green Bay, WI, 54304, United States
This 2-day event at Lambeau Field will give you the opportunity to learn about applications of information driven solutions. Whether an End User, OEM or Contractor; you’re sure to find value in exposure to new industries and innovative application with diverse user perspectives!

IIoT & Smart Manufacturing Conference
2021-05-11 09:00 - 17:00 UTC | TBD
This one-day virtual event will encompass topics regarding advances in connectivity, automation, and security within the operational context of hybrid manufacturing applications across multiple vertical industries.

Techniques for Applied Process Control: Virtual (XPS [Portuguese])
2021-03-15 - 2021-03-18

Data Analytics in Upstream Oil and Gas
2021-02-22 09:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | TBD
Operators in unconventional plays seem awash in data. How can this overwhelming amount of information be harnessed and used to reduce cost, improve safety, and increase production over the life of a field? The Data Analytics Virtual Conference addresses this critical question from the operator perspective and through the lens of predictive analytics, applied machine learning, the industrial internet of things, edge computing, and cloud storage. These tools, properly applied, can streamline processes, enhance data quality, and feed analytics models to inform real-time decisions in the field.
Distributive sensors, down-hole gauges, and flow meter generate huge amounts of data through legacy systems. This data becomes stranded if those systems cannot be integrated with other digital solutions.

Techniques for Applied Process Control: Virtual (XPS [Spanish])
2020-12-14 - 2020-12-17
