Newcomers to process manufacturing often assume that the main goal of PID control is tight Set Point tracking. In reality, many industrial processes require something quite different—tuning the PID for strong disturbance rejection. Understanding this distinction is essential for achieving stable, reliable, and predictable control. This session introduces attendees to this alternative tuning strategy and demonstrates how to systematically configure PID loops to minimize the impact of real-world disturbances.

Designed for individuals new to industrial process control or those seeking a practical refresher, this webinar will help participants:

1) Recognize when disturbance rejection—not Set Point tracking—is the dominant control objective.
2) Apply tuning techniques tailored specifically for disturbance-focused performance.
3) Configure control loops in a structured, repeatable way to ensure stability and robust operation.

Expand your process control knowledge and learn how to use PID tuning to proactively mitigate disturbances. Register today and strengthen your foundation in modern control strategies.

If your facility has only a few dozen PID loops, monitoring and optimizing them is manageable. But when the loop count climbs into the hundreds—or even thousands—most engineers shift from optimization to simply “keeping things running.” The result? Countless opportunities for performance improvement remain hidden in plain sight.

The good news: your historian already contains the data you need… if you know where to find it and how to interpret it. This webinar reveals how everyday operating data—often overlooked—can be transformed into powerful insights for plantwide optimization.

Designed for plant managers and process engineers, this session will show you:

1) How routine output changes and Set Point adjustments contain valuable, untapped optimization opportunities.
2) How to generate large numbers of process models and tune loops—without performing a single bump test.
3) How aggregated model statistics reveal deeper insights into process behavior and control effectiveness across your plant.

Unlock the hidden value in your historian and learn how to scale optimization across hundreds of loops. Register now to drive measurable improvements in process performance and profitability.

Tuning a single PID controller is challenging enough—but when multiple loops interact, achieving stable, predictable performance becomes exponentially more difficult. A loop you just tuned may suddenly destabilize because another loop is influencing it. Understanding and managing these interactions is essential for maintaining reliable process control in complex industrial systems.

This webinar explores the dynamics of loop interaction and presents proven strategies for diagnosing issues and tuning controllers for consistent, optimized performance.

Designed for process and controls engineers, this session will help you:

1) Understand the root causes and behaviors of interacting PID loops, including cross-coupling and system-level effects.
2) Apply diagnostic techniques to identify and isolate interaction-driven problems within your control architecture.
3) Use practical tuning and configuration methods to compensate for loop interaction and restore stable control.

Take control of multi-loop systems and avoid performance degradation caused by interaction. Register now to learn how to minimize its impact and improve overall PID loop performance.

“What you don’t know can’t hurt you” is a dangerous mindset—especially when it comes to your facility’s PID controller performance. Overlooking controller issues can lead to instability, increased variability, equipment stress, and unexpected production losses.

This webinar introduces a proven methodology for conducting comprehensive PID performance audits and shows how data-driven analysis can uncover tuning deficiencies, oscillatory loops, and interaction problems that quietly undermine plant performance.

Designed for corporate and plant managers, this session will equip you to:

1) Perform a structured, data-driven PID performance audit using data that you probably already capture.
2) Identify tuning weaknesses, oscillations, and interaction issues the effects of which are routinely overlooked or minimized.
3) Translate audit findings into targeted corrective actions that improve reliability, stability, and overall process performance.

Learn how plant-wide controller assessments can prevent costly disruptions and boost operational efficiency. Register now to gain the skills needed to evaluate and elevate your facility’s control performance.

Manual PID tuning remains common—and Control Station even teaches a repeatable, calculator-based approach for estimating models and tuning coefficients. But relying on trend estimates and slope calculations can be imprecise, time-consuming, and disruptive. Without visibility into the controller’s predicted response, tuning often requires multiple iterations that slow down operations and impact production.

Innovations in process modeling effectively eliminate these challenges by generating accurate models from real operating data, even when noisy or oscillatory, and by validating PID performance before parameters are put into service.

Intended for individuals responsible for PID loop tuning, this session will equip you to:

1) Understand why manual tuning frequently leads to inaccurate results, repeated adjustments, and prolonged performance disruptions.
2) Learn how an innovative modeling approach develops reliable models and optimal tuning parameters—even from imperfect data.
3) See how modeling eliminates issues by simulating the PID response prior to implementation, ensuring first-time-right optimization.

Discover the hidden costs of manual tuning and how NSS accelerates plant-wide control improvement. Register now to streamline your tuning workflow and improve process performance.