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PlantESP

By Control Guru | December 4, 2017

While optimizing control loop performance is known to improve plant profitability, identifying bad actors from among 100s or even 1000s of PIDs can present a significant challenge.Beyond identification, the time…

Innovations in Plant-Wide Monitoring, Diagnostics & Optimization

By Control Guru | September 15, 2017

Here’s the problem: The typical paper mill operates 100s of PID control loops and maintains an even larger quantity of production assets.

What Value is Hidden in a Plant’s Process Data

By Control Guru | April 6, 2017

While a typical Distributed Control System (DCS) keeps a watchful eye on production and scheduling there are other important details that a DCS simply overlooks. To be clear, a DCS consumes process data in order to measure and regulate the flow of material through a plant. It interprets sensor data and orchestrates adjustments to Final Control Elements in order to maintain Set Points.