Posts Tagged ‘Monitoring’
No More Downtime: Top 5 Loop Metrics for Avoiding Mechanical Failures
With an eye on uptime manufacturers are now investing in solutions that analyze the performance of their regulatory control systems. The control loop remains a building block for manufacturers across the process industries and it is intimately connected to innumerable production assets. Data from the common control loop offers a wealth of information and insight into mechanical issues. Still, knowing how to use that data effectively often presents a challenge.
Read MoreExpress Lane Ahead: CLPM Solutions Are Putting Process Optimization Back on the Fast Track
Control loop performance monitoring solutions were supposed to facilitate optimization of a plant’s PID controllers. Difficulty with real-world process data and limits on their ability to provide meaningful recommendations hampered effectiveness. Those speed bumps have been removed and real-time optimization is now on the fast track.
Read MoreProcess Control 101: Put Your Knowledge to the Test
Think You Know Something About Process Control? As a leader in process control solutions,
Control Station knows that effective control depends on sound knowledge and application of proven best-practices. And as common and essential as PID control is to today’s production
facilities, there is a clear knowledge gap. Take our simple quiz – the results might surprise you.
When Profits Are Hidden in Plain Sight
If you drive a car, then you probably benefit from McGard’s products. Their proprietary lug nuts keep automobile tires where they belong – on your car. In fact, McGard is the nation’s leading manufacturer of mechanical anti-theft devices. When market demand outpaced McGard’s production capacity they focused their attention on existing production lines. With the help of PlantESP the engineering team at McGard successfully tapped into opportunities that had been seemingly hidden in plain sight.
Read MoreUsing 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 is untied. Just ask any child. While that’s a lesson most learn early in their lives each of us can occasionally slip up and find ourselves at risk.
Read MoreJanuary 13, 2016 – New Solution Provider Extends Control Station’s Global Reach to South Pacific
Network Gains Proven Monitoring and Optimization Services Provider with Addition of Daesim Technologies January 13, 2016 – Control Station, Inc. expands its solution provider program with the addition of Daesim…
Read MoreNovember 11, 2013 – PlantESP Monitoring And Optimization Platform Augmented With TuneVue
Advanced Diagnostic Identifies Full Range of Controller Improvement Opportunities November 11, 2013 Control Station introduced TuneVue with the newest release of its PlantESP Loop Performance Monitoring solution. TuneVue is an…
Read MoreOctober 31, 2012 – Plant Performance And Profitability Targeted With Advanced Diagnostics
PlantESP Actively Monitors Regulatory Controllers and Simplifies Root-Cause Analysis October 31, 2012 Control Station announced the addition of new and advanced process diagnostic capabilities to the Company’s PlantESP solution platform. The…
Read MoreNovember 17, 2010 – Control Engineering Includes Bob Rice in Inaugural Class of “Leaders Under 40″
Control Engineering Includes Bob Rice in Inaugural Class of “Leaders Under 40″ November 17, 2010 – Control Station, the leader in PID control loop tuning and process control technologies, announced…
Read MoreWhat is the Value of Monitoring a Plant’s Control Loop Performance?
As might be expected there’s growing interest in plant-wide loop monitoring capabilities. So much so that products in the category even have their own acronym now CLPM. In spite of what the acronym suggests in terms of CLPM being an established technology, questions about its value persist.
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