Poor control loop strategy: minimum flow control. The universal, almost complete lack of knowledge of practical control never ceases to astound me. Very few people have any understanding of the basic ...
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Frequency analysis: auto and cross correlation.       Introduction by Michael Brown I recently spent two days with Dave Ender of Techmation in Phoenix, Arizona. It was an arduous trip taking approximately ...
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Michael Brown is holding a series of his well known courses on practical process control in Johannesburg. The courses are unique and invaluable to novices, as well as to experienced practitioners in the ...
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Protuner tuning in practice Case History 113, published two months ago described the theory behind the Protuner tuning methodology. But how well does it work in real life? This article describes just ...
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Protuner tuning methodology revealed.       Introduction by Michael Brown Techmation has never previously published details of its patented Protuner tuning technology, which as far as I am aware is completely ...
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Course schedule for 2010    Courses in Johannesburg training centre:    Introductory Course Combined Parts 1+2 Course (five days)    23 July, 26– 30July    19 November, 22–26 November Courses can be held in ...
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Michael Brown is holding a series of his well-known courses on practical process control in Johannesburg. The courses are unique and invaluable to novices, as well as to experienced practitioners in the ...
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Tuning Part 1 – The myth: ‘Tuning can solve all problems’ Basic principles and methodology of tuning were covered in Part 1 of the Loop Signature Series (available on CD for persons outside southern ...
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Surge level control. Recently a delegate on one of my courses who works in control on mining mineral processing plants related to me that he was doing some work on a mill sump level control and had found ...
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Michael Brown is holding a series of his well known courses on practical process control in Johannesburg. The courses are unique and invaluable to novices, as well as to experienced practitioners in the ...
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Incorrect perceptions result in poor control. There is no doubt that one of the main reasons why the vast majority of regulatory control loops perform so badly is a general lack of understanding of the ...
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Michael Brown is holding a series of his well known courses on practical process control in Johannesburg. The courses are unique and invaluable to novices, as well as to experienced practitioners in the ...
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