A short description of process control is an accurate one—It’s a means of controlling manufacturing equipment and reducing ...

Successful manufacturing is inextricably linked to process control. If processes are not controlled, the eventual output may not fall within the required parameters. Using baking as an example, when ...

In this article, as in industry, advanced process control (APC) refers primarily to multi-variable control. Multivariable control means adjusting multiple single-loop controllers in unison, to meet ...

Every plant in the process industry most likely has several control loops that do not perform well. Although there are many factors that may negatively affect control loop performance, a few of these ...

The processing industry has gone through a significant transformation as well. With the mass exodus of long-time operators to ...

A control chart, also known as a Shewhart or Process Behavior chart, is a time series graph of data collected over time. It is composed of a center line representing the average of the data being ...

The Advanced Process Control (APC) Market is witnessing robust growth due to the increasing adoption of automation, ...

In module 1 you will learn how companies perform process control in their factories. First, you will review how 2nd order transfer functions work, which is the theoretical basis for much of process ...

Sandy Vasser, retired IC&E manager at ExxonMobil, and Duncan Schleiss, VP of business development at Emerson, were elected as ...