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 ...

Technology progression within advanced process control (APC) continues to evolve; however, it is the relationship among core APC developments, enabling technologies, and management practices that is ...

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 ...

This new version was developed to provide operators with greater flexibility in the deployment, scaling and operation of energy and process optimization applications.

is expected to enable higher revenues per wafer and lower manufacturing costs. AMD and UMC will implement the jointly developed APC technology at the two companies' joint-venture 300-mm semiconductor ...

A semi-autogenous grinding (SAG) mill is the largest piece of capital equipment and generally the focal point of a mining operation. This great big mill stands at the beginning of the comminution ...

Multivariable predictive control technology increased oil and gas production by 4% from BP PLC's Marlin tension leg platform (TLP) in the Gulf of Mexico. While multivariable control technology is ...

Chipmakers are relying on machine learning for electroplating and wafer cleaning at leading-edge process nodes, augmenting traditional fault detection/classification and statistical process control in ...