Control Engineering
NOVEMBER 6, 2022
Process manufacturing, DCS, cloud insights. The cost and complexity of accessing the critical data connected to the distributed control system (DCS) is a challenge for process manufacturers. Visibility of control and optimization data in real-time. The DCS is evolving, empowering worker skillsets.
Control Engineering
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
Process control insights. Distributed control systems (DCSs) are at the heart of process manufacturing operations and have evolved to focus on digitalization. This flexibility and openness to change will allow them to add new functions easily. Adapting for the future.
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Gary Mintchell
APRIL 2, 2024
Fero Labs has developed software to help certain types of process manufacturing plants improve quality output economically when given a random mix of feedstock. I wrote about the company last August— A Better Way to Control Process Quality. But, would anyone trust yet another advanced process control system?
Control Engineering
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
Figure 4: The “bathtub curve” hazard function (blue, upper solid line) is a combination of a decreasing hazard of early failure (red dotted line) and an increasing hazard of wear-out failure (yellow dotted line), plus some constant hazard of random failure (green, lower solid line). Courtesy: Yokogawa. Courtesy: Yokogawa.
Control Engineering
OCTOBER 16, 2023
Process safety insights Evaluating potential hazards based on likelihood and severity is crucial for implementing safety instrumented functions (SIFs) that reduce risks and are assigned safety integrity levels (SILs). These functions are assigned a safety integrity level (SIL), representing the level of risk reduction they provide.
Control Engineering
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
Process control and safety connection of file devices in the process industry has long relied on analogue 4-20mA technology. Today, the safety infrastructure from the field device to the controller is built separately from the infrastructure required for process control. Increased flexibility.
Control Engineering
MARCH 10, 2023
In the past, upgrading a distributed control system (DCS) typically involved ripping out the old system and replacing it with a new one from a different vendor, or undergoing a hardware or software upgrade. So, there are some practical steps that plant owners and operators should take when considering future process control strategies.
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