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Control & Safety

Is your legacy control system still reliable?

Do your operators have so many alarms that they basically ignore them?

How do you know if they missed an important alarm? Could that missed alarm result in lost product or quality, a preventable shutdown or worse yet a safety problem?

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Valves & Equipment

Are oversized valves costing you more to operate and maintain? Even if a valve looks ok, if it is oversized:

  • Energy costs are higher
  • Control is difficult to impossible
  • Maintenance costs are higher

Is your budget tight but you need to automate a few existing critical valves?

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Reliability

Is your unscheduled downtime less than 3%?  Is your maintenance cost less than 2% of asset replacement value (ARV)?

That is what it takes to be a top performer.

You could be spending 3 to 3 ½ times more if you are not a top performer.

Reliability is not a “maintenance” issue. It’s a “business” issue.

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Latest Blog Post

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    Are your critical motors about to fail?

    Whether you work in a paper mill, power plant, or the makers of your favorite beverage, all have something in common......[read more]
  • Outage Planning? We have an app for that.

    Outage Planning? We have an app for that.

    You need accurate and up to date information to plan a successful shutdown or outage. This may sound like common sense, but as many of you know, this information is not always available. You need to know what ...[read more]
  • IIoT for Engineers | Take the Next Step.

    IIoT for Engineers | Take the Next Step.

    IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things), Industry 4.0, and Digital Transformation….. These buzz words are the current trend and plastered on ads more and more every day. But do you as an engineer know what it all means? Is it all hype or smoke and mirrors? The answer is ......[read more]
  • Specialty Chemical Plant Saves Time & Money by Switching to I.S. CHARMs

    Specialty Chemical Plant Saves Time & Money by Switching to I.S. CHARMs

    During the project upgrade of the Westinghouse WPDF system to Emerson’s DeltaV system, we discovered the older safety barriers were not compatible with the new DeltaV system. The cost and installation to replace the old barriers was going to be expensive and hard to maintain after we left. We needed a different approach.[read more]
  • Are you missing critical alarms?

    Are you missing critical alarms?

    When nuisance alarms are sounding constantly, most operators will elect to ignore all alarms. They usually just turn off the sound rather than trying to interpret an endless sequence of nuisance alarms where only one in a thousand is beneficial.[read more]

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