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Michael Brown’s practical control courses

August 2014 Training & Education

Michael Brown’s well known courses on practical process control are unique and invaluable to novices, as well as to experienced practition-ers in the field of regulatory control optimisation. They offer a new and practical approach to a clear understanding of the complexities of feedback control.

The series consists of two courses:

* Introduction and appreciation of practical process control: one day for non-instrument personnel who work in process plants, but have no previous experience or practical training in control, such as: process engineers; production managers; metallurgists and chemical engineers. It is also recommended that people who are attending the Parts 1 & 2 the following week should attend the introductory.

* Practical Process Control Parts 1 & 2: Five days for instrument and control personnel like senior mechanicians, technicians and engineers. Even people with years of experience in this field have found the course an eye-opener. Subjects covered include: loop problems and troubleshooting; tuning and control of processes with difficult dynamics and techniques like feed-forward.

For more information contact Michael Brown Control Engineering, 082 440 7790, michael.brown@mweb.co.za, www.controlloop.co.za



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