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 ...

A network of 74 sensors — 57 of which were ultrasonic sensors developed by the University of Augsburg (shown at top and as light blue dots in upper and low mold halves) — were used in the T-RTM ...

Industrial automation has become an important part of modern manufacturing, processing, energy, HVAC, and other technical environments. As businesses look for better accuracy, greater efficiency, and ...

Injection moulding is a widely adopted manufacturing technology for mass-producing plastic components with intricate geometries and tight tolerances. The process comprises sequential phases: melting ...

Flexible process control software allows machines from ficonTEC to be more than just the sum of their parts. ficonTEC has always maintained a distinctive modular approach to machine design, with this ...

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 that would "make ...

Alcoa World Alumina L.L.C. is one of the world’s largest producers of metallurgical grade alumina, the raw material for the aluminum smelting process. The Point Comfort Operations is Alcoa’s only ...