PlantTriage

Optimized performance
throughout the plant’s lifetime
PlantTriage drives continuous
improvement
Intergrated expert
engineering
PlantTriage contains an expert system
using knowledge of industry veterans
like Greg F. Shinskey. His knowledge is
applied to your data in real time. It’s
like having a world-class expert on
staff.
The dashboard provides an overview of high-level information on the
performance of the plant.
Scalable optimization
solution
PlantTriage can be configured to your
specific needs. If you have a small
plant with only 100 control loops or a
vast enterprise of many plants, we
have a solution that is right for you.
24 x 7 x 365
PlantTriage monitors your plant 24
hours a day, and identifies problems
in real time.
PlantTriage performs calculations of assessments
and uses the information to configure loops.
Bottom-line benefits
Increases production
PlantTriage shows you the bottlenecks in
the process. Then suggests improvements
in order of priority.
Finds energy savings
PlantTriage finds energy savings.
Start saving energy in a few days,
as PlantTriage discovers energy
savings opportunities like oscillating
temperature controls.
PlantTriage improves stability and reduces Operators gain trust and flexibility to move
variability. It increases on-spec product and the process in the best direction.
reduces waste. Management will have more confidence in
forecasts.
Finds the root cause
Save time, focus on
the right problems. PlantTriage
analyzes the entire plant and points you
towards the source of disturbances in the
process.

Stabilizes the process

Improves the quality PlantTriage stabilizes the entire plant.

Before

“Correcting upstream control

problems permitted us to
optimize the process hydrogen
resulting in more than USD $1
million in annual savings.”
After
Process control engineer, SABIC

Find energy savings

Temperature controller upsets the steam system.
The only complete solution for control
performance
Root cause finder
Now you can pinpoint the root cause of
process upsets in minutes. Save hours or
even days of investigation. Solve your
biggest process problems faster than ever
before.
Biggest Payback Loops
• Identify the greatest opportunities
• Prioritize economic benefit
• In real time
Full process control diagnosis
• Find broken instruments
• Identifies mechanical problems with
control valves
• You will better understand the process
• Discover the problem areas
World-class tuning tools
For over 25 years, ExperTune has developed
the best ways to tune controllers.
Tune loops in just minutes with Active
Model Capture Technology(AMCT).
Only PlantTriage has all this tuning power in
a web browser…so you can
have unlimited users with access directly
from their desktop computers.
A typical plant has:
Between 10-30% of control
loops in manual
As many as 30% of control
valves have mechanical
issues
Continuous monitoring system
evaluation guide
How does your control system compare?
Take a few minutes to collect some information about your controls.

Choose 20 control loops from one unit operation. Do not choose the 20 most important.

Measure How to evaluate Your results

Loops in manual Number of loops in manual. _____ out of 20 loops

Number of loops with control

output saturated (0% to
Loops at limit 100%, or hitting an output _____ out of 20 loops
constraint.)

Number of loops with

Oscillating visible oscillation _____ out of 20 loops

Number of loops with poor

Poor control control. _____ out of 20 loops
[See Note 1]

APC on-time What is the average on-time

_____ % on-time
for your APC/MPC Controllers?
(optional)

To compare your plant, enter your results: CompareMyPID.com

Notes
1. Ask the operator if there are control problems, such as:
a. The loop does not follow the setpoint
b. The loop does not respond quickly to upsets
c. The loop behaves erratically
You can achieve a 100% return on your
investment in 6 months
••Increases production
••Save energy
••Find root causes
••Improves the quality
••Automatically stabilizes the process

All on your existing control system

EN_PLANTTRIAGE 2016

Metso Minerals Industries, Inc. 20965 Crossroads Circle, Waukesha, WI 53186 USA, tel. +1 1262 369 7711, www.ExperTune.com