Pavilion launches Polymer Productivity Pack (P3)
Posted: 29 October 2003
Extending the scope and value of its solution in the polymers
market, Pavilion Technologies announced today the availability of
the Polymer Productivity Pack (P3). The P3 product suite introduces
two new products from Pavilion, ClockWorx and Configuration Manager,
in conjunction with version 7.0 of Process Perfecter — the
most widely adopted nonlinear control and optimization solution
in the polymer marketplace today.
With P3, Pavilion provides polymer manufacturers with greater control
and flexibility across an ever-growing range of operating conditions,
resulting in greater profitability across the entire production
cycle.
“The shift in manufacturing from supplier push to customer
demand-pull requires enterprises to fundamentally alter their production
methodology,” said Senior Research Analyst Tom Fiske with
ARC Advisory Services, a leading manufacturing research and consulting
firm. “Production runs are becoming shorter with more frequent
grade changes to satisfy customer requirements.
Pavilion’s P3 suite provides the critical control functionality
necessary to meet these demands.”
The Polymer Productivity Pack (P3) includes:
- ClockWorx for simplifying and codifying complex polymer operations
like start-up, shut-down and donor or catalyst change transition
processes
- Configuration Manager for streamlining the controller update
process for spec limits, blend limits and operating constraints
throughout the production process
- Process Perfecter 7.0 for controlling systems with nonlinear
variable dynamics
A number of leading polymer companies in Europe and North America
have already implemented elements of the P3 suite. This comprehensive
solution has enabled customers to more robustly control difficult
transitions, which has significantly reduced overall off-spec product
and increased product quality.
Process Perfecter 7.0
Process Perfecter was the first nonlinear control and optimization
solution in the marketplace and is in use by more polymer lines
than any other commercial APC solution. Process Perfecter 7.0 broadens
Pavilion’s proven capabilities by providing more fluid control
over a diverse product portfolio, helping polymer manufacturers:
- Easily, consistently and precisely transition between products
- Support a diverse product mix characterized by varying dynamics,
grades and production rates
- Accurately represent variable dynamics of processes to improve
control actions
Process Perfecter 7.0 is the first commercial APC solution to enable
‘parametric’ variable dynamics. This approach transcends
the traditional black box empirical modeling paradigm by exposing
the key dynamic parameters to the end user so they can better understand,
modify and maintain a more robust solution.
The algorithmic developments were funded from a Department of Energy
(DOE) Phase II Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grant associated
with the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC). The goal of
the joint project was to commercialize an adaptive control solution
that could be used by SLAC and industry to better control highly
nonlinear, large-scale processes.
ClockWorx
ClockWorx delivers improved process startups, shutdowns and transitions
through a real-time project management approach that facilitates
complex tasks and synchronized activities.
ClockWorx complements Pavilion’s Process Perfecter with a
time and sequence control capability that helps users:
- Simplify complex operations by automating processes involving
complex discrete sequences
- Real-time Gantt Chart for sequence visualization
- Codify and achieve best operating practices from shift-to-shift,
year-to-year
Configuration Manager
Configuration Manager complements Pavilion’s Process Perfecter
solution with a simple interface that helps users:
- Automate the tasks of changing controller parameters for different
product recipes
- Securely and easily communicate model information to online
controllers
- Reduce the amount of operator time required to perform routine
changes to controllers
The Polymer Productivity Pack is available immediately. Pavilion
will introduce the Process Perfecter 7.0, ClockWorx and Configuration
Manager to its customers in additional markets segments, including
cement and consumer products, in January 2004.
For more information see http://www.pavtech.com.
Posted by Richard Price,
Editor Pipeline Magazine
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