Automation Chat

Advances in PID Tuning & Modeling for Process Control

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** Named Best Podcast 2 Consecutive Years! 2022 & 2023 Apex Awards of Publication Excellence.

In this episode, The Journal's Executive Editor Theresa Houck chats with Dennis Nash, President & CEO of Control Station, about manufacturing process control and PID tuning. You'll learn:

  • What role the PID tuning plays in process manufacturing, and how advances in automation infrastructure have affected the use of PID controllers.
  • The difference between PID tuning and modeling, and how they're related.
  • The most common methods for accessing data used to calculate a model and generate tuning parameters.
  • Advantages and disadvantages of using both historical data and live data.
  • How to use "live historical" data to get the best of both worlds, including cybersecurity.

    • And as always, get your family-friendly, silly Joke of the Day.


    Resources from this episode:

    • Learn about Control Station, a Rockwell Automation Technology Partner.
  • Download Control Station's white paper, “Successfully Optimizing Regulatory Controllers Without Risking Data Security.”
  • Check out Control Station's webinars.

    • You can also watch their conversation on YouTube at https://youtu.be/ynIxCjFMmew.

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