Control loop: Case History 139 - The importance of measurements and dynamics. November 2014, Michael Brown Control Engineering One of the first laws of process control states that you cannot control what you cannot measure. However, although instrument practitioners all know this they very often forget it.
I think this is largely ...
PlantStruxure PES shines at Xperience Efficiency October 2014, Schneider Electric South Africa Schneider Electric combines control applications, supervision and field devices under one integrated software platform.
Omniflex replaces annunciator system for Shell September 2014, Omniflex Remote Monitoring Specialists When Shell Lubricants in the UK needed to replace an ageing process alarm system with SIL certified technology, it chose Omniflex to engineer a replacement solution based on the state-of-the-art Omni16R ...
Control loop: Case History 138 - Bad actors. September 2014, Michael Brown Control Engineering Alarm management has become a subject of interest in many plants. With the advent of computerised control and HMI systems, it has become extremely easy to put alarms onto control loops. Nowadays operators ...
PC-based control July 2014, Beckhoff Automation Beckhoff’s Scientific Automation integrates robotics, measurement technology and condition monitoring into the standard control platform alongside PLC, motion control and safety technology. TwinCAT utilises ...
Afrilek: Afrilek enhances customer service through tailored divisions. July 2014, Afrilek Automation Afrilek, providers of automation and electrical solutions, has spent the past few months developing its existing divisions, adding new elements to the business and appointing an industry expert to head ...
Control loop: Case History 137 - The cycling pressure loop. July 2014, Michael Brown Control Engineering I have written much in the past about the peculiar problems inherent to integrating processes. The most commonly found of these are level controls, but some pressure control loops, particularly those ...
The re-invented high-bay warehouse June 2014, Beckhoff Automation Beckhoff’s TwinCAT 3 unites PC control and science for simplified cable robot operation.
Metso improves paper quality measurements May 2014, Valmet Flow Control South Africa Brigl & Bergmeister enhances label paper quality with Metso’s latest control technology.
PSY Systems - Arc guide stops burn May 2014, PSY International An ABB arc guide system installed on a motor control centre (MCC) panel by PSY Systems prevented an expensive plant shutdown for one of the company’s clients.
It was during the installation process that ...
Control loop: Case History 136 - Control valve with negative hysteresis May 2014, Michael Brown Control Engineering Following on the theme of Case History 135, here is another example of what a really bad valve can do to contribute to problems in control loops.
The example is of a loop controlling the reflux flow ...
Reader feedback sent to Michael Brown May 2014, Michael Brown Control Engineering SA Instrumentation and Control contributing editor, Michael Brown, recently received some feedback on a loop optimisation article we published in the August 2013 edition. Since it is such a topical experience ...
Control system modernisation at Constance Water Works April 2014, Beckhoff Automation At Constance Water Works located in Germany, outdated automation technology was recently replaced with Beckhoff control components. The new, fully automatic control offers a wealth of added value beyond ...
NAC Engineering - Growth through customer focus. April 2014 NAC Engineering has spent the past 10 years accommodating an established client base spread throughout southern Africa. The company is now expanding its service and EC&I offering to its target market sector, ...
Smart combustion from Emerson March 2014, Automation Control Solutions No matter if it is just optimising one section of the process, or the entire powerhouse, there are a number of benefits to working with Emerson.
