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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
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
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
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
Ask technicians and engineers about manually tuning PIDs. Their responses usually fall into one of the three different groups: 1) Some who will say it’s a “dark art” and won’t
Control Station today announced another record year of sales supported by strong exports and steady growth in the licensing of the company’s process diagnostic and optimization solutions. The company’s performance
Most PID tuning licenses are available in just one or two options, but those often fail to meet the needs of licensees. LOOP-PRO is different.
The Pulse and Doublet tests both allow practitioners to observe the process moving in opposite directions, but which is better?
Studies show that tuning PID controllers regularly provides significant economic benefit. Even so a 2019 survey conducted by Control Station found that only 27% of practitioners apply the best-practice of
