APC boosts ROI through higher throughput, lower energy use, predictive maintenance and compliance, with opportunities in software services, model predictive control and hardware optimization.Dublin, ...

Successful manufacturing is inextricably linked to process control. If processes are not controlled, the eventual output may not fall within the required parameters. Using baking as an example, when ...

Advanced Process Control includes Multi-variable Predictive Control (MPC) solutions that provide closed loop control and real-time model-based control of a continuous process using empirical or ...

Process analytical technology (PAT) enables real-time monitoring and control of manufacturing processes. By complementing conventional off-line sampling with timely at-line, on-line, and in-line ...

EHT Semi today announced the integration of Bird RF measurement technology into its semiconductor power platforms, including the Orion™ Direct RF™ System and tailored waveform generators. An embedded ...

The process control group in refineries, chemical plants, power plants, and other industrial process facilities is responsible for applying and maintaining automation and other operational ...

Author Dr. R. Russell Rhinehart discusses his new book, Nonlinear Model-Based Control: Using First-Principles Models in Process Control, and explains why nonlinear first-principles models should be ...

Even after 20 years or so, process control continues to be a confusing or misunderstood technology. A short description of process control is an accurate one—It’s a means of controlling manufacturing ...

One of the key ideas in lean manufacturing is that defects should be detected as early as possible. Efforts to control manufacturing processes so that issues can be detected before defects occur ...

I recently surveyed the on-site development of the control system for a large concentrated solar power station. This “first of a kind” facility offered many control challenges, such as balancing heat ...