Who Benefits from Process Control Training?
No surprise, as the demographics of industrial automation continue to shift a graying workforce is giving way to a younger, greener one. More and more staff are retiring just as
What is Feed-Forward Control?
In a previous post cascade control was introduced as an effective means of limiting the lag between an upset and the associated PID control loop's correction. As practitioners know: The
What is Proportional-Only Control? When Should P-Only Control be Used?
Place in Industrial Process Control. As with most everything in process manufacturing, PID controllers require practitioners to make choices. One of those choices is which form of the controller to apply
How Do I Tune a Temperature Loop?
Temperature is one of the more common types of self-regulating - also known as non-integrating - processes used in industry. Like other self-regulating loops, temperature loops tend to naturally settle
How Does the Derivative Term Affect PID Controller Performance?
Derivative is the third term within the PID. In mathematical terms the word derivative is defined as the slope of a curve. Seen in the context of strip chart data
What Tools Are Available for Optimizing the CS 3000 and Centum VP DCS?
What have you done for me lately? That question directly influences the behavior of most everyone within a production facility. Face it, we operate in a meritocracy that has little
What Is Cascade Control? How Is Cascade Control Configured?
As they say: Timing is everything. The lag between upset and response directly impacts a system's performance along with the performance of other processes with which it interacts. Fortunately, there
What is Cross-Correlation?
Do you remember when school kids simply lined up according to height before heading to the library or to gym class? Shortest in the front. Tallest in the back. A
How Do I Tune a PID Controller?
Techniques for modelling a process' dynamics and calculating tuning parameters are widely available. These approaches enable practitioners to tune controllers consistently and with reasonable results. At Control Station we know