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

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

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. Courtesy: Emerson.

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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. Benchmarking is invaluable when identifying performance targets, which are often derived from plant models, simulators and optimizers.

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Control Engineering

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

scenarios to determine available strategies that not only improve human operator performance but improve quality, safety, process uptime and process performance, as well. Advanced process control (APC) is one example of a technology end-users can justify with a proven return-on-investment (ROI) track record.

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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 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 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

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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Gary Mintchell

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Deacom (ECI Software)—With a deep awareness of the challenges faced by process manufacturers and distributors, Deacom has been developed as an ERP solution tailored to the needs of medium-sized enterprises within industries such as Food & Beverage, Chemical and Coatings, Cosmetics, Pharmaceuticals, and Nutraceuticals to name a few.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 14, 2022

For example, one of Corning ’s optical cable manufacturing plants has already tested how 5G and mobile edge computing can help with process control, monitoring and quality assurance. Figure 1: Beyond streamlining processes, manufacturing facilities can expect to see more accurate production and fewer disruptions.

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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

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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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

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

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. Learning Objectives. MORE ANSWERS.

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Control Engineering

MARCH 10, 2023

Of course, the DCS will continue to be important in how plants operate, but the next horizon of value in the DCS domain is in open platform architectures – for example O-PAS (Open Process Automation Standard) and MTP (Module Type Packages) – and less in the DCS technologies themselves.

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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 flexibility.

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Control Engineering

JULY 5, 2023

In the future, for example, universal I/O modules will allow both integrated safety I/O and base process control I/O to be mounted in the same rack. But even without these advances, the value of universal I/O is clear—it provides a pathway to smart process control that’s simpler and causes fewer headaches than traditional I/O.

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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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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

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

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

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. and advanced process control (APC)?control Learning Objectives.

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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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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 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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Control Engineering

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Peter Galan, a retired controls engineer, deftly explains with equations, graphs and examples, four control techniques for advanced process control applications. Artificial intelligence for control systems. The best engineering answer is that it depends on the application. CONSIDER THIS.

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Control Engineering

OCTOBER 5, 2022

With MTP, the human-machine interface (HMI) of the module – which contains all static and dynamic information for operator visualization – generate automatically within the master process control system.

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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. The company in 2006 introduced non-steady state modeling, making it possible to model noisy, oscillating process conditions of industrial applications.

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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

JUNE 19, 2023

Honeywell announces cloud-based digital twin On Monday, the company introduced Digital Prime, which is a cloud-based digital twin for tracking, managing and testing process control changes and system modifications. To optimize transformation, we must do it together,” he said.

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Control Engineering

MAY 25, 2023

The actuators allow operators to gain more precise control and consistent valve responsiveness to changes in flow conditions. Automating valves promotes remote process control, reducing the need for technicians and operators working close to the valves or working in hazardous environments.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 28, 2023

Hoske, content manager, Control Engineering, CFE Media and Technology , mhoske@cfemedia.com. KEYWORDS: PID, APC, compressor safety CONSIDER THIS How does this PID application’s operating margin help your advanced process control applications? appeared first on Control Engineering.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

DECEMBER 13, 2022

We can provide the link to these particular experts in different fields, whether it’s processing, manufacturing, food and beverage. It streamlines the process of providing the end user with the expertise they require.”. Electrical engineer Gary Brown said there isn’t a “one size fits all” solution when it comes to Industry 4.0

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Control Engineering

MARCH 30, 2023

Controlling hydrogen electrolysis reactions requires accurate gas analyzers Process control of a hydrogen electrolysis process performs three main functions – safe operation, efficient power to hydrogen conversion and gas purity control.

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Control Engineering

APRIL 8, 2023

New chemical processes, control systems for H 2 S removal Streamline Innovations has significantly improved the Redox process and has created one of the most efficient H 2 S treating solutions on the market. In between these two options, there are not a lot of good technologies available to remove H 2 S efficiently.

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