One great challenge that process control and automation engineers face is the frequent and overwhelming number of alarms that are generated by modern regulatory control systems. Today’s DCS and PLC systems have thousands of tags, and hundreds of control blocks, all of which can generate alarms. Many times these alarms are received by control room operators who view them as a nuisance at best. Important notifications are lost in the “noise” of the alarm system. Several alarm management packages have become commercially available. Most are ugly, complicated, and limited in their utility. Read more...

KSX is the most powerful expert system software in the world. It was designed to let process control engineers create rule and model based solutions to control problems as quickly and easily as possible. Sometimes you want to let others interact with the system, but not give them access to all that power. This is often the case with control room operators. It would be great to give them insight into the strategy's operation, but without the ability to change anything. Many times we have solved this problem by creating specific pages for them in the HMI of the underlying control system. Read more...

Optimizing the performance of Semi-Autogenous mills (SAG mills) is our core focus. Our mineral processing experts have been increasing throughput and reducing specific power while preventing upsets for over 30 years. We use our vast experience and specialized tools to provide SAG mill specific strategies to the worlds foremost mineral processing companies. Our strategies are the best in the business. Read more...

We are pleased to announce a new pricing structure for KnowledgeScape’s flagship product, KSX. You can see from the KSX product page, that it is the most advanced real-time adaptive optimization and expert control software available. Traditionally we have sold to large companies, and implemented control strategies in some of the largest plants in the world. By implementing a new pricing structure, we hope to open up KSX to use in some of the smallest plants in the world too. Read more...

One element of building automation that I would like to explore further is the concept of just-in-time temperature control. In my last post I gave an overview of how KSX fits into the overall building automation sphere. Now I would like to press further into some details. Read more...

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We’re looking for Companies that are just like ours to partner with us and embed KSX into your products and solutions. Qualities we are looking for in partner companies are:

• Long history of providing value added process control solutions to specific market segments
• Experience in Pulp and Paper, Oil and Gas, Refining, Chemical Processing, Food Processing, Factory Floor Automation, Water and Waste Water Processing, Manufacturing, Etc.
• Name recognition in your market segment