Although some control problems can potentially be resolved through controller tuning, poor control loop performance can have several other causes requiring different solutions.

Only through proper troubleshooting and then solving the underlying problems can control loop performance be improved. Process design certainly plays a role in control loop performance, but ...

The Flexi Soft Safety Controller which supports communications to PLCs via all standard field bus communications protocols now includes a new feature called Flexi Loop. This adds the capability to ...

By Jim Ford, PhD Just over a decade ago, an article titled, "Advanced Control Strategies Move into the Field" (Control, October 2008), highlighted three evolving trends in the process control world ...