Capturing the True Value of Industry 4.0
In the past five years, a select group of companies have started pulling ahead in their efforts to implement Industry 4.0 across their manufacturing networks. Leading manufacturers are now realizing significant value from data and analytics, AI, and machine learning (ML). However, a large majority remain stuck in pilot purgatory, struggling to capture the full potential […]
Flammability in a Biofuel Process? Assuring Safety is a Must!
For every industrial process, especially when working with combustible gases, human health and safety is the top priority. For a startup biofuel processor creating renewable fuels, this necessitated addressing the risks associated with flammable vapor releases from its fermentation processes. The processer needed to implement a system to monitor combustibility of the gases in its […]
Modernizing a Biofuels Process? Avid Met the Challenge!
One of the world’s leading green processing companies transforms plant sugars into biofuels for products in the food, home, personal care, chemical, and fuels industries. When they acquired an idled manufacturing plant, a complete upgrade was required to operate in accordance with Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) standards. Antiquated control system hardware, outdated control applications, extensive […]
Avid to the Rescue! Emergency Support Restores Critical Data Link.
The hardware and software for our mobile devices, PCs, and other consumer electronics are constantly updated—often automatically. However, many industrial automation end users operate specialized systems that can remain in service for years or decades without maintenance. When these systems fail, and local support is not available, the resulting unplanned downtime results in irretrievable lost […]
Navigating to NetZero: Investment in Innovation.
An excellent article by McKinsey, and a must read for anyone interested it where investment in technologies to decarbonize the energy supply chain, and promote green production of foods and other manufactured goods are being made. The Avid team is doing its part in the drive to Net Zero by developing standards that Innovate, Optimize, […]
PlantESP – Proactively identify and solve control loop performance issues.
Avid is now a Certified Systems Integrator for Control Station Plant ESP and LOOP-PRO applications. Check out this video about the benefits PlantESP. If you like what you hear, contact us here to schedule a discussion on how Avid can help optimize control loop performance and reliability.
The Dawn of Green Hydrogen? Avid is Awake, Aware, and All in!
Avid is fully invested in working to provide robust process control and automation solutions for producers of green hydrogen – a key element supporting the decarbonization of the energy supply chain. To learn more about the role of Hydrogen in decarbonizing the energy supply chain, download Hydrogen’s New Dawn here! To learn more about how […]
Making Unscheduled Downtime a Thing of the Past
Unplanned downtime cripples both productivity and profitability. Check out this webinar hosted by our partner Control Station and listen to Tim Shope, Avid’s VP of Operations and Technology, discuss how using process and electro-mechanical asset data to proactively detect common performance issues that lead to unplanned downtime.
Shaving Time: Batch Tracking & Cycle Time Analysis
Batch manufacturing of chemicals entails many distinct phases. Chemicals manufacturers, therefore, strive to cut as much time as possible from each phase of the batch process. Shaving off even a small amount of time from a phase results in increased production, directly driving significant improvements in profitability. Avid’s Chemical Process Experts use tools like those […]
Making Paper Better: Innovations In Plant-Wide Monitoring, Diagnostics & Optimization
Here’s the problem: The typical paper mill operates 100s of PID control loops and maintainsan even larger quantity of production assets. The typical plant historian stockpiles data, andextracting information that’s actionable and relevant to performance can be a challenge.Meanwhile, pressure just increased on everyone to improve production efficiency. Control loop performance monitoring (CLPM) solutions leverage […]