LOOP-PRO

PID Loop Tuning Technology

Finally – tune your facility’s most dynamic and challenging PID control loops for optimal performance.

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Tuning software is supposed to simplify the process of improving the control of individual PID loops. And while that’s the expectation most tuning products can’t handle the noisy, oscillatory conditions that are commonplace in industrial applications. What’s even more absurd is that those products require users to hold their processes steady before the software can begin to function properly. The irony for most practitioners is that PID tuning software isn’t needed if a steady-state can be established – they can tune their loops manually.

LOOP-PRO is unlike any other PID tuning software. It’s the only software that accurately models the highly variable process conditions which practitioners refer to as the “real world”. LOOP-PRO handles long Dead-Time with ease. It functions equally well in open-loop as it does in closed-loop. LOOP-PRO has proven its value time and time again in all manner of complex industrial applications. Better yet, it’s simple to use. LOOP-PRO enables you to quickly and consistently tune PID controllers for optimal performance.

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PID Loop Tuning Technology Features

Process Data

Process Data

Supports all types of process data
Modeling

Modeling

Tackle even noisy, oscillatory behavior

Optimizing

Optimizing

Tune controllers for optimal performance
Reporting

Reporting

Document each tuning session
Statistics

Statistics

Specify your controller’s performance

Controllers

Controllers

Connect to all major commercial controllers

What Others Are Saying

"I am consistently amazed by the flexibility and power of LOOP-PRO. This software works magic."

Michael Hagans, Process Engineer

PID Loop Tuning Technology Resources

May 26, 2021 – Control Station Introduces Enhanced Process Optimization Software

Newest Version of Award-Winning PID Tuning Solution Embraces Unified Architecture Control Station today announced the Spring 2021 Release of the company’s award-winning LOOP-PRO™ process modeling and controller optimization technology suite.…

A Stable Process is a Profitable Process

Engineers in the Basic Materials market understand the value of Set Point tracking as a means of controlling business-critical production processes. Simply put – better Set Point tracking results in improved disturbance rejection and more consistent product quality. That makes for safer and more profitable production, and Control Station’s LOOP-PRO is making that possible.

Automating Control and Reducing the Cost of Manual Intervention

The best time to visit the local zoo is early in the morning around feeding time. That’s when the animals are out and about, and it’s when they showcase their wild side. Although fun to experience while on vacation, this type of wild behavior is anything but acceptable in a manufacturing facility. Wild is unstable and unsafe. It’s unprofitable.

Watering Down Production for Increased Profits

Tightening control around Set Point will improve the performance and profitability of most every production process. This is especially true of drying processes applied by ethanol manufacturers to control moisture content. With reduced variability, ethanol producers are capable of improving quality and reducing energy consumption.

Are Your Tunings Refined?

ConocoPhillips, a recognized leader in the petrochemicals industry, faced a dilemma at their Bayway Refinery. Oscillation in a critical steam flow loop persisted in spite of relentless efforts to stabilize it. The loop was vital to one of the refinery’s distillation columns and its inefficiency was resulting in significant energy loss. Although refinery staff used multiple software tools to assist with diagnosis and optimization, the loop’s oscillatory behavior prevented those tools from producing an accurate model of the process and thwarted tuning.

Maximizing Production and Profits Through Improved Process Control

Magnesium Elektron’s (MEI) profits were being heavily impacted by an inability to control a critical production process. Excessive oscillation in the Chiller at their Flemington, New Jersey production site had cost MEI hundreds of thousands of dollars each month. In spite of best efforts to stabilize process temperature within acceptable tolerances, the company’s operations staff were unable to establish the necessary level of control.

Improving Control Can Be So Sweet!

Chocolate is a nearly $100 Billion global business. As may be expected the process of transforming raw cacao beans into its many tasty confectionery forms is complex. In particular, the tempering process takes chocolate through a precisely controlled temperature curve that involves the raising followed by the lowering of the product’s
temperature.

FEBRUARY 2009 – BATCH CONTROL GETS EASIER

Loop tuning package doesn’t demand steady-state operation. The nonlinear dynamics of most exothermic and endothermic batch reactions require expert attention to assure quality production. For instance, introducing reactants often results…

FEBRUARY 2011 – PID TUNING FOR ALLEN-BRADLEY PLCS

A best-practices approach to understanding and tuning PID controllers. In the Forward to his “PID Tuning Guide,” Control Station’s Dr. Robert Rice notes that the proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller is here…

NOVEMBER 2011 – A POWERFUL MIGRATION OPTION FOR PID TUNING

Now that Rockwell Automation no longer offers RSTune and RSLoop Optimizer, customers have a compelling option through the company’s partner program. The Rockwell Automation Encompass’s Product Partner program offers a…

JUNE 2016 – CLPM: DELIVERING ON THE PROMISE OF PLANT-WIDE OPTIMIZATION

Petrochemical manufacturers experience unique challenges when it comes to maintaining effective regulatory control.  As practitioners know, the dynamics of petrochemical processes are complex.  From the volatility of batch reactions and…

AUGUST 2016 – HOW TO TUNE PID LOOPS: TEMPERATURE CONTROL CHALLENGES

Temperature control applications can be broken into two main categories—fully continuous and semi-continuous (or batch).  An example of a fully continuous temperature controller is a shell-and-tube heat exchanger. In this…

Product Package Options

Node

Install LOOP-PRO on individual computer workstations for dedicated use.

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Unlimited access to LOOP-PRO from anywhere in your production facility.

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Enterprise

Share LOOP-PRO across one or more facility using check-in, check-out access.

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