Gary Mintchell

APRIL 2, 2024

Fero Labs has developed software to help certain types of process manufacturing plants improve quality output economically when given a random mix of feedstock. I wrote about the company last August— A Better Way to Control Process Quality. But, would anyone trust yet another advanced process control system?

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Control Engineering

JULY 12, 2023

smart manufacturing and digital transformation. be changing how stakeholders approach automation, controls and instrumentation? SIRI by INCIT is designed to help manufacturers assess and advance digital readiness. technologies have enabled a shift from reactive process to predictive and prescriptive ones. initiatives.

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Control Engineering

MARCH 9, 2023

Analytics insights Sustainability has been recognized as an area of significant importance in the process industries, but many organizations face challenges accessing and connecting data from siloed systems. Reducing carbon emissions A global chemical manufacturer recently pledged to reduce its carbon intensity in half by 2030.

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Benchmarking Process manufacturing Automation Compliance 97

Control Engineering

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Process control diagnostics often use programmable logic controllers (PLCs) as the main hub. Process control infrastructures will predominantly use programmable logic controllers (PLCs) as the main hub for instructions, process monitoring and diagnostics. Diagnostics and Asset Management Insights.

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Control Engineering

JANUARY 1, 2023

Understand the costs and challenges process manufacturing plants face due to running legacy control systems. Learn about the benefits of modernizing a control system beyond improved operational efficiency. Today’s process manufacturing plants are under a lot of pressure. Eliminate control system roadblocks.

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Process manufacturing Automation Process control Benchmarking 98

Control Engineering

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Control Engineering’s top 5 content over the past week covered advanced process control, PLC programming, device lifecycle management and more. Six questions that can help remove advanced process control roadblocks. Links to each article below.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 14, 2022

Inevitable revolutionary changes in the near future call for manufacturers to upgrade their facilities by implementing infrastructure changes across the board. 5G in manufacturing is already becoming a reality and companies that get ahead of the curve will be well-positioned for the future. Edge Computing Insights.

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Control Engineering

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

In today’s industrial manufacturing operations, there is increased emphasis on health, safety, and the environment. Over the past 25+ years, the process industry has witnessed a continual evolution of process safety standards. In contemporary manufacturing, operators and technicians need not be located physically on-site.

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Gary Mintchell

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

ABB has developed over 30 new robot, software digital and educational products and educational tools in the last year, designed to help industrial manufacturers of all sizes increase their operational performance and gain better access to a well-trained workforce. • End-to-end keyboard and machine control panel portfolio from 15 to 24 inches.

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Control Engineering

JANUARY 4, 2023

Understand the shift toward the smart factory and the challenges process manufacturers face. Distributed control system (DCS) users are working toward eliminating the proprietary nature of automation and working toward a universal standard for process control industries. Learning Objectives.

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Control Engineering’s top 5 pieces of content over the past week covered Control Engineering’s 2023 Engineering Leaders under 40, PID methods and PLC standards. When that’s the case, six strategies can simplify the process. Read about the 2023 leaders here Engineering Leaders Under 40 include 34 rising stars of innovation.

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Beyond PID: 6 advanced strategies to add value to modern process control While PID control is a good choice for most process control applications, sometimes the application is too challenging or complicated. When that’s the case, six strategies can simplify the process. What makes an engineering trailblazer?

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Beyond PID: 6 advanced strategies to add value to modern process control While PID control is a good choice for most process control applications, sometimes the application is too challenging or complicated. When that’s the case, six strategies can simplify the process.

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Hot topics in Control Engineering, for September 2023, for stories posted in the last three months included PID Control, Control Engineering’s 2023 Leaders under 40, model predictive control and more. When that’s the case, six strategies can simplify the process. Links to each article below.

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Control Engineering

JUNE 19, 2023

Digitalization insights Honeywell Users Group (HUG) in Orlando emphasized giving manufacturers the right tools for the future and empowering manufacturers to optimize processes more easily. The 36 th Honeywell Users Group (HUG) event in Orlando kicked off Monday with an emphasis on manufacturers preparing for the future.

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Control Engineering

MARCH 10, 2023

Embracing concepts and technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and smart manufacturing can help. In the past, upgrading a distributed control system (DCS) typically involved ripping out the old system and replacing it with a new one from a different vendor, or undergoing a hardware or software upgrade.

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Control Engineering

DECEMBER 1, 2022

A plastic manufacturer wanted to overhaul their legacy control system to reduce inefficiencies and waste. The system integrator chosen for the project improved process control and information flow to provide real-time data through the enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. Control system upgrade challenges.

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Mold Making Technology

MAY 11, 2023

Photo Credit: Netzsch Process Intelligence GmbH The sensXPERT Digital Mold is a process control solution from Netzsch Process Intelligence GmbH to reach government and environmental sustainability practice goals in relation to resource-saving, circular plastics processing. The SensXpert Digital Mold flow.

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Control Engineering

MAY 25, 2023

Process valve insights Proper process valve maintenance in a manufacturing facility can help companies prevent serious damage and injury. Valves contribute to the safety of industrial processes by controlling fluid flow through pipelines and improving the precision of different operations.

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Control Engineering

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

With the opportunity to improve manufacturing operational efficiencies through digital transformation, businesses are facing increasing cyber threats in their environments, now more than ever. Many devices on a manufacturing floor, after all, were designed before the internet and weren’t created with cybersecurity in mind.

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Control Engineering

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Tutorial: How to find the best controller, September 6: Control system designers consistently seek the best control method for an application. See examples, equations and graphics. Alarms, relief valves, safety systems and APC need monitoring.

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Control Engineering

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Process control and safety connection of file devices in the process industry has long relied on analogue 4-20mA technology. Today, the safety infrastructure from the field device to the controller is built separately from the infrastructure required for process control. Increased measurement accuracy.

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Control Engineering

JULY 5, 2023

To get around these challenges, process plants are embracing universal I/O, which allows different I/O types to land on one I/O card. With universal I/O, manufacturers can speed set up time while simplifying field wiring, reducing spare module requirements, easing maintenance and realizing other benefits.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 11, 2022

5G wireless communication can help process manufacturers realize digital transformation. A proof-of-concept was performed with remote control technology to prove 5G could be successfully used in a process manufacturing facility. Five potential use cases for process industries. Learning Objectives.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 31, 2023

The food and beverage (F&B) industry is characterized by a highly competitive landscape, ever-changing consumer demands and stringent regulations, and attention to advanced process controls can help. One innovative solution is model predictive control (MPC), a control strategy that can help achieve operational excellence.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

AUGUST 27, 2024

The Connected Process Control platform delivers a powerful, web-based solution enabling process control, operator guidance, traceability and data collection down to the task level. The software is specialized for make-to-order manufacturing, discrete manufacturing and process manufacturing.

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Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Function Process control Supply Chain 52

Control Engineering

AUGUST 2, 2022

A system integrator was tasked with fixing a control system flaw for a pilot plant at a large pharmaceutical company. The integrator had to make several changes to the temperature control unit (TCU) to compensate for different variables with the liquid nitrogen flow. Learning Objectives.

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Control Engineering

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Relocating a control room in energy production facilities while staying online is necessary to upgrade capabilities and avoid service disruption, but can include potential hazards. The project required control panel upgrades, communication digitalization and moving process control and process safety systems.

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Control Engineering

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Digital transformation can help process manufacturers improve sustainability. Process manufacturers can use key performance indicators (KPIs) to reduce inefficiencies caused by steam traps, pressure relief valves (PRVs) and more. Keywords: sustainability, process manufacturing . Learning Objectives.

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 7, 2023

Digitalization, process control insights Shenghong Petrochemical and Honeywell collaborate on integrating digitalization and plant optimization control technologies, reducing manual operation more than 50% and increasing propylene yield more than 0.1%.

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Control Engineering

MAY 26, 2023

SIs focused on process control or factory automation can offer proprietary hardware devices or software apps that support the connectivity central to today’s operational endeavors. Its portfolio of software-based solutions today solve difficult control-related challenges facing process manufacturers. Portland, Ore.-based

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Manufacturer's Monthly

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Manufacturers’ Monthly gains insight into Beckhoff’s Solutions Provider Program, and discover how the initiative supports system integrators doing incredible work in the manufacturing world. We can provide the link to these particular experts in different fields, whether it’s processing, manufacturing, food and beverage.

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Control Engineering

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The HART communication protocol is a digital information exchange between a smart process control field device. Ethernet-APL combines existing digital communication technologies in the process manufacturing industry. Ethernet-APL combines existing digital communication technologies in the process manufacturing industry.

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Learning Objectives Understand how a 360-degree visualization overview is possible for manufacturing and processing companies to derive intelligence from software integrating multiple enterprise levels. Understand that integrated visualization software can deliver data-derived intelligence.

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) 52

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Hot topics in Control Engineering, for September 2022, for stories posted in the last three months included Engineering Leaders Under 40, PID controller advice, plant instrumentation and controls, modern SCADA features and more. Tutorial: How to find the best controller. Links to each article below.

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Mold Making Technology

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Photo Credit: iStock The certification of a company’s quality management system (QMS) to a recognized international standard proclaims the achievement of an effectively implemented management system whose process controls are adequately robust. Well-controlled design processes can mitigate costly re-engineering activities.

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Among the critical aspects of safety is the evaluation, management, and monitoring of functional safety systems, which encompass alarm management, process control, and safety instrumented systems (SIS).

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