Process Controllers Reference Materials

Description: There are many ways to monitor and control energy use, improve efficiency and help to save money and the environment. ...

Description: The TIA Portal from Siemens provides several advantages when compared to other platforms, making it the perfect solution for Totally Integrated Automation! ...

Description: This article will briefly outline calibration standards and mass flow controllers to demonstrate how MFCs are used to produce accurate calibration standards. ...

Description: The market is constantly demanding more and more accuracy and quality since the evolution of the design often matches technology, complex shape and appearance. For that reason, measurement and quality ...

Description: Wherever you are on your IoT journey, graphically visualizing data makes it possible to optimize operations. Even without the facilities to capture data, it’s possible to prove concepts without ...

Description: The recent trend toward zero-emission heat energy requires that several industries transition from traditional fossil-fuel-fired process heaters to those based on more sustainable energy sources, such ...

Description: All electrical devices are qualified to a specific operating temperature range at which the device will work effectively. The operating temperature depends on the specified function and application of ...

Description: ProductivityOpen is a versatile Arduino-compatible controller designed into a tough form factor suitable for industrial environments. ...

Description: Machine condition monitoring is a critical part of every industry to help production run smoothly and efficiently. If one component fails, you can experience downtime costing you valuable time and ...

Description: A solution using cloud-capable routers and cloud-based computing services enables streamlined and secure remote monitoring and access for process systems. ...

Description: Planetary gear reducers are compact components that strive to maximize the transmission of torque in various applications. The mechanisms ensure the transmission of high torque levels while ...

Description: This article will show how modern cloud-enabled controllers can easily and securely connect plant-floor data sources to cloud-based analytics platforms. ...

Description: To avoid installation and application problems during implementation, several common factors need to be considered when specifying process sensors. These factors include its intended use, the ...

Description: As electric drive systems become increasingly common, the need for low-speed, high-torque testing solutions is becoming ever apparent ...

Description: Mass flow controllers offer precision gas flow control to many critical industries including biopharm, semicon, food & beverage, manufacturing, and R&D. As the technology demands increase in these ...

Description: Pressure regulators are closed-looped devices that maintain a constant, steady pressure within a system. The traditional option, analog, has its perks, as does its counterpart, the digital controller. ...

Description: Digital flow meters are high-tech devices with a customizable, touch screen interface. They're used for gauging and displaying qualities like mass flow rate, volumetric flow rate, gas temperature, ...

Description: How STEGO nurtures their thirst for knowledge with innovations ...

Description: The 4500 MkIII opacity monitor from AMETEK Land is designed to give many years of reliable operation but sometimes breakdowns can happen. Many processes are not permitted to operate without a ...

Description: Combustion operations during steel production processes produce emissions which are subject to strict environmental regulation ...

Description: It takes just five basic components to design an inventory system for managing solids, powders, or liquids stored in bins, tanks, silos, and other storage vessels. ...

Description: We can all agree that our economics and external drivers have changed in the last four weeks. The emergence of COVID-19 has changed the way we work, socialize and think about the world. In Sierra's 45 ...

Description: Intelligent Motion Control (IMC) solutions modify the start-up and continuous power in brushless DC fans and blowers. These systems control every element of the equipment's functionality with ...

Description: Automation technology has improved by leaps and bounds recently, allowing manufacturers to more efficiently cut expenses and avoid maintenance delays. In the industrial fan and blower field, recent ...

Description: This is part two of a two-part series explaining the finer points of BTG Labs' approach to helping companies build reliability into their cleaning and adhesion processes through consultation and ...

Description: (Risk Mitigation: Calibration and the Customer's Process) ...

Description: In the world of mechanics and engineering, there are many different ways to create motion and do work. Two of the oldest, most popular and basic methods are hydraulics and pneumatics. Both rely on ...

Description: Breakdown of specs differentiating Class1 and Class2, Class I and Class II power supplies ...

Description: From their beginnings in the 1970s, mass flow controllers have come a long way in terms of their efficiency and capabilities. In the 1980s, the semiconductor industry was the biggest consumer of ...

Description: When calculating the required KW, always use the maximum flow of the medium to be heated, the minimum temperature at the heater inlet, and the maximum desired outlet temperature ...

Description: From Actane Salt to Zinc Cyanide - learn about the chemical compatibility for process heating applications ...

Description: Infrared flare pilot monitoring as a primary or secondary monitoring solution provides a pilot status signal when thermocouple failures occur and assures an alternative pilot status measurement is ...

Description: What can Innovative Sensor Technology IST AG offer to the Internet of Things? As a leading supplier and partner for physical, chemical and biological sensors, we offer customers the opportunity to ...

Description: Comparing functions and configurations between SCR- and Contact-based Digital Controllers ...

Description: In today's industries, digital control panels find a broad range of applications. As system controllers in industrial settings, they are responsible for controlling and regulating the operation of ...

Description: Characteristics, installation, and benefits of explosion proof devices ...

Description: With every new year, we have seen an increase in the world's energy demands. In addition to that, the concerns over greenhouse gas emissions have caused many to look for electricity generation that ...

Description: Digital control panels are the brains of industrial heaters. They maintain stability and efficient heat transfer. It is important for them to be accurate to protect both the heating equipment and the ...

Description: Once a standard feature on personal computers, the RS232 serial port was one of the first used to connect data terminals to mainframe computers. It remained in widespread use for serial communications ...

Description: Many manufacturing processes today rely on hydrogen as an important protective and reducing atmosphere, especially in the production of stainless steel alloys. The method of gas delivery should be ...

Description: "Strong Manufacturing" is a leading manufacturer of equipment for mixing and pumping lightweight insulating concrete and floor underlayments. From a mixer compact enough to fit in the bed of a small ...

Description: A customer wanted a reliable, accurate and fully automated system to fill his trucks with a mix of Chlorine solution and water. Some challenges were, maintaining the desired ratio in each flow range, ...

Description: There are as many types of control panels as there are industries and applications, but they can be separated into five categories. These categories are listed below. ...

Description: A control system is an essential part of every industrial heating system. Whereas some applications may require a control system more than others, it is important to ensure that all process heating ...

Description: DRG Globe Envelope of Canada produced 750,000 Courier pouches, with moderate blue ink coverage, using manual viscosity control and consumed 80kg of ink. In a second job of 760,000 impressions, they ...

Description: Saint Clair Systems works with a 3-pc. can manufacturer to reduce variation in their end liner operation. Controlling the material temperature stabilized the pressure at the nozzle and yielded some ...

Description: Saint Clair Systems supplies an application solution to the Flex-n-Gate manufacturing plant in Evart Michigan. The resulting improvements in quality and material savings are dramatically better than ...

Description: Saint Clair Systems provides a free analysis to a potential customer. This analysis showed conclusively that the status quo was unacceptable and provided the company with comfort that a solution could ...

Description: Saint Clair Systems and a major supplier of electrostatic bells, cooperate in a study to pinpoint the cause of and developed a solution-for condensation related "spitting", electrical shorting and ...

Description: A tier 1 automotive supplier improves painted surface finish resulting in additional luxury automotive business. The solution provided a return on investment in less than five months. ...

Description: A number of industrial process fluids require maintenance of optimum solids content to produce uniform coatings. The manufacture of integrated circuits and printed circuit boards in the electronic ...

Description: Saint Clair Systems' Controlling Orange Peel eGuide provides guidance on reducing product rejects and improving your bottom line. In this guide, you'll find information on: Factors that contribute to ...

Description: Saint Clair Systems collaborates with a global manufacturer of wind turbine blades to overcome the combination of variations in temperature and a paint formulation they were not allowed to alter ...

Description: Saint Clair Systems worked with Tata Motors to resolve recurring and unpredictable line stoppages experienced at the manufacturer's Pune Facility. With our patented technology and expertise, SCS ...

Description: The random sampling with a #2 Zahn Cup placed only two readings within the control limits established for this test. The actual readings ranged from a desired 17 seconds to the highest reading of 29 ...

Description: In our recent blogs, Can Liner Weight Variations Impact Quality, Delivery, and Cost Structure, and Variation in Liner Placement Impacts Delivery, Quality, and Cost, too!, we identified weight and ...

Description: In our prior post in this series, "The Impact of Temperature and Pressure on Liner Weight Consistency," we demonstrated that, for a fixed orifice system: In that previous post, we also noted that the ...

Description: In our previous post in this series, Can Liner Weight Variations Impact Quality, Delivery, and Cost Structure, we detailed how variations in can end liner weight can negatively impact delivery and ...

Description: Steam is used to heat the autoclave contents, either by direct entry into the autoclave (where it is in contact with the product) or indirectly using a heat exchanger. The temperature is raised to a ...

Description: Much of the food consumed each year is preserved by packaging it in hermeticallysealed containers in a process known as canning. One of the most important steps in the canning of foods is 'thermal ...

Description: Treatment plants are required to observe increasingly strict obligations regarding water quality, particularly in terms of phosphorus parameters. ...

Description: This alternative technology is ideal for petrochemical applications. ...

Description: The control of variable ventilation rates can undergo an additional improvement that can result in the detection of certain system faults with a greater margin of safety than the previously discussed ...

Description: Variable ventilation controls allow the maximum reduction in ventilation, and thus maximum economy. It also allows some extra corrective action but also one important safety concern: Variable ...

Description: Micron Instruments has been a leader in design and manufacturing of high-precision semiconductor strain gages. With wireless sensing rapidly becoming the data acquisition method of choice, Micron ...

Description: It has been our experience that best system controllability is obtained by placing the control sensor (element, T/C, RTD, Etc.) directly in front of the supply air discharge. ...

Description: Last week we discussed the first type of process upset that could present a hazardous condition, the steady-state, this week let's focus on on the condition that poses the greatest difficulties in ...

Description: Mac Baren Tobacco Company A/S in Svendborg, Denmark, is one of the world's leading manufacturers of smoking, rolling and smokeless tobacco, exporting to more than 60 countries in the world. The Mac ...

Description: This case study concerns a large producer of known alcoholic (mixed) beverages, based in The Netherlands. They were using Contrec 802 flow computers, which they found not an ideal solution to begin ...

Description: Battenberg's latest measurement robotics haptic system incorporates Mitsubishi Electric's RV-7F vertical, six-axis robot and controller. In addition to millisecond measurements, accuracy is further ...

Description: M&R Printing Equipment challenged itself with a lofty goal. Beat the world record for the most T-shirts printed by a single operator in one hour. The benchmark was M&R's own record of 1909 shirts per ...

Description: Mitsubishi's e-F@ctory solution with the iQ Platform Programmable Logic Controller and MES Interface IT module have helped increase Solla's productivity from 12,000 tons of feed materials per month to ...

Description: Reliance Tool was awarded a contract to refine and quantify processing costs to machine precision ceramic components in conventional CNC machines. ...

Description: With an increasing range of temperature and process controllers on the market it can be hard to select the most appropriate controller for your application. This whitepaper will walk you through the ...

Description: Cascade Control is a temperature control method which has two elements, the primary (end product) and the secondary (used to control the primary). In these applications the secondary variable is ...

Description: Operational economy in steam and hot water boiler applications is determined by the efficiency of component devices and equipment, and is reduced considerably with sub-optimum load conditions. A ...

Description: In a batch furnace application, an industrial oven or furnace is used to bake a coating or substrate on to the product. Often, due to the size of the product batch or large product size an industrial ...

Description: The easy-to-use controllers have enabled the workforce to process recipes with the utmost precision and made possible a highly effi cient decentralized process control system to serve equipment that ...

Description: This paper describes capillary tube mass flow meters and controllers for use in general purpose industrial and laboratory applications and in the fabrication of semiconductor devices. It provides a ...

Description: Equilibar precision back pressure regulators were used in reactor research at Oak Ridge National Laboratory to eliminate pressure and flow spikes that were occurring when alternate feed sources were ...

Description: Industrial temperature controllers have changed considerably over the last fifty years. This paper looks at how the development of technology has reacted to the changing demands of its customers to ...

Description: When designing the software for our newest accessory, the multi-channel operator interface, John, the Manager of our Engineering Department took a few best practices into consideration: If too much ...

Description: Though the applications for pre-painted metal are continually expanding, there remains an excess capacity in marketplace. This means that margins are compressed and coaters must drive to improve their ...

Description: The flexibility and profiling power of the CAL 9500P temperature controller has provided an exceptionally powerful solution for Active Magnetic Inspection Inc. (AMI), a US company that treats and ...

Description: CAL temperature controllers from West Control Solutions are helping laboratory OEMs to provide the best possible conditions for research into the treatment of diseases such as cancer. In particular, ...

Description: The Equilibar precision back pressure regulator was used successfully to facilitate supercritical carbon dioxide research at the University of Sydney in Australia. Traditional pressure regulators with ...

Description: Learn how to apply multiple branches and multi-wire terminals with circuit breakers in industrial control panels in accordance with Underwriters Laboratories  (UL  ) standard 508A and the National ...

Description: Accurate control is critical to every process. As a means of ensuring that tasks such as production, distribution and treatment processes are carried out under the right conditions for the right ...

Description: If you're running one of the 140 working refineries in the US, the last thing you need is an unplanned shutdown. But a production standstill is exactly what is at risk if you don't keep an eye on the ...

Description: In the electrical product business, product safety is an important issue. Manufacturers and distributors want to sell "safe products". Consumers want to buy products with the assurance that they won't ...

Description: This primer defines and explains the measurement of the impedance parameters known as L (inductance), C (capacitance), and R (resistance). Impedance parameters are characteristic of an AC circuit; ...

Description: This case history describes how one customer used PrevEx flammability analyzers to effectively automate damper controls and reduce the costs of owning and operating their multi-zone ovens. ...

Description: This case history describes how one company used the CalorVal BTU Analyzer with an oxygen sensor and flow meter to complete their control loop system for optimizing fuel/air mixtures. ...

Description: This case history describes how one company used AcuPro Infrared Process Analyzers to provide safety and ventilation control to save energy costs. ...

Description: This case history describes how one customer used the CalorVal BTU analyzer to measure the heating value of its waste stream going into a flare stack to determine whether the waste stream could be ...

Description: Oak Leaf Confections in Toronto, Ontario streamelined production of chocolate balls for Sixlets candies by desiging a depositing system consisting of a modulating process valve whose actuator had ...

Description: Prosig were recently involved in the validation of a closed loop control system for an automotive pump supplier. The customer has a large number of test cells, each test cell has 8 pumps continually ...

Description: The correct mechanical operation of machines in any industrial environment is critical for the safety of plant, equipment and personnel. The dangers associated with incorrectly operating machines can ...

Description: Circuits, by definition, have electrical requirements they must meet. Flexible or rigid-flex circuits, because they will be bent one or more times, have mechanical requirements as well. These two sets ...

Description: Complying with federal, state, and local emissions regulations require that manufacturers must continuously monitor the emissions of combustion units such as boilers, turbines, and furnaces. The ...