Process automation hall of fame member Greg McMillan has nearly completed an updated version of the book, Tuning and Control Loop Performance: A Practitioner's Guide. It had last been updated back in 1994. You may be familiar with Greg through his blog posts on the...
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Lambda Control-Loop Tuning Essentials with James Beall
Having trouble with an oscillating integrating process? Have too much variability in a self-regulated process? Need a refresher about the essentials of Lambda (λ) tuning? Then check out James Beall's workshop at the Jan. 21–23 Texas A&M University 2014...
A Process Control Wisdom Program Scheduling Note
For those that have followed Greg McMillan or come upon his posts over at the ModelingAndControl.com blog, I wanted to share that he's moving his process optimization wisdom over to the ControlGlobal.com Control Talk blog. In his ModelingAndControl.com post, Different...
True Process Variability Costs, Causes and Cures
While we focus heavily on technical process automation-related subjects here on the blog, financial-related ones are critically important. I mention this because Emerson's Doug White will be presenting Making Operations Predictable Through Automation: The True Cost,...
Control Loop Performance Primer – An Online Seminar
Greg McMillan will be conducting a primer session for tomorrow's (September 8, 2010) 10:00am CDT/13:00UTC online demo/seminar (a.k.a. deminar). His session is titled, Control Loop Performance Primer (the "WHAT" and "WHY" needed to improve 90% of the loops). Here's a...
Down In New Orleans an Interactive Process Control Improvements Seminar
Since it's Mardi Gras in New Orleans today, I'll do a rare, same-day post. This year is an extra big year with the New Orleans Saints football team bringing the Super Bowl trophy home to the Crescent City. As a former resident back in the 1980s, I'm obliged to bring a...
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