Posts Tagged ‘PID Controllers’
June 2022 – STATE-BASED ANALYTICS: EMPOWER PLANT-WIDE OPTIMIZATION
While process manufacturers have justified nearly 30 years of automation investments on the observations of one man, today’s control loop performance monitoring technologies are providing new, data-driven insights into the state of regulatory control.
Read MoreApril 27, 2021 – Control Station Enrolls Leading Canadian System Integrator in CSI Program
Addition of Apex Automation Solidifies the Company’s New Global Partnering Initiative Control Station today announced the formal enrollment of Apex Automation in the company’s Certified System Integrator (CSI) Program. Apex…
Read MoreMarginal Process Performance Gains Can Add Up Fast
Looking for areas to improve production may seem overwhelming. There are countless factors, inputs, and outputs to consider and analyze. It’s typical for staff to limit their focus only to…
Read MoreMarch 2, 2021 – Control Station Launches Program to Certify System Integrators
Veteran of Business Development Promoted to Lead the New Program Control Station simultaneously announced the formation of a Certified System Integrator Program and the promotion of Jonathan Stevens to the…
Read MoreA 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.
Read MoreMaximizing 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.
Read MoreFEBRUARY 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…
Read MoreJULY 2017 – PROCESS OPTIMISATION: BIG DATA SHINES LIGHT ON CONTROLLER PERFORMANCE
An engineer working at a corn milling production plant receives his daily report on specific opportunities to optimize the facility’s regulatory control systems. The facility is one of dozens owned…
Read MoreFebruary 26, 2020 – Control Station Monitoring and Analytics Solution to be Featured During PI World 2020
PlantESP Helps Global Manufacturer Sustain Optimal Performance Manchester, CT – February 26, 2020 – Control Station today announced that the company’s PlantESP solution will be featured during the PI World…
Read MoreChange: Something that Sports and Manufacturing have in Common
Tuning a production facility’s numerous PID control loops should be standard operating procedure at the start of a new season. It’s well known that PID performance can have a significant impact on production output and efficiency
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