Control Station, Inc.

Across a network on three DCS platforms, a fix at one mill has no route to the next. The knowledge stays with whoever did it. Pulp and paper operators use our software to compare loop performance site to site.

Run ten loops through and see which ones justify the change control. You get a score for each, ranked by where performance is going. A few minutes. Your data stays with you.

Covers tuning, diagnostics and control strategy, including the long-lag temperature loops that dominate drying and frying. For engineers who want fundamentals that survive contact with a live unit. Next class: September 14.

Large thermal mass, and every load of wet product is a step disturbance. The loop never settles between them, so it looks stable on a shift average and terrible on a five-minute trend. The cost shows up as weight variance on every pack.

Dryers, fryers and evaporators running against feed that changes moisture hour to hour. Different products, same complaint: variability nobody can trace, and no way to rank which loops are worth fixing first. Food manufacturers use our software to monitor loop performance across their sites.

Covers tuning, diagnostics and control strategy, including interacting bioreactor loops and control inside a validated envelope. For engineers who want fundamentals that survive contact with a live unit. Next class: September 14.