Critical Data is More Secure in Cloud-Based Data Centers
White Paper: Virtualization Storage Deep Dive for the Controls Engineer
For most customers ready to move to a virtual infrastructure, you are likely to find the support needed from your vendor.
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White Paper - Your Next Automation or Information System Upgrade: Define ROI to Win Approval
Throughout this paper, we’ll provide analysis of different ROI scenarios, real-world examples of the ROI benefits that automation and information systems can provide and a formulaic approach that you can use to calculate the quantitative ROI of a plant system upgrade.
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White Paper: Get Your Plant Back Online - On Time
Make sure your start-up happens on time after an automation system upgrade.
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White Paper: Stop Struggling - Deliver ROI Through the Production Process with an Effective MES
This paper provides a business overview of how a MES offers greater visibility into the production process, which in turn leads to improved operational efficiencies and ultimately, a stronger bottom line.
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Online Startup at Paper Manufacturer Sets Precedent
Conducting a start up while the manufacturing plant is online takes knowledge and flexibility.
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Using PI to Help a Pulp and Paper Manufacturer to Monitor Costs
Creating OSI PI performance equation tags enables five mills to consolidate information and make changes in real time.
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A Tin Plating Study that's Worth its Weight in Gold
An outdated, underperforming electroplating system that was turned into an efficient, state-of-the-art, well-oiled machine.
A Truly Batch-Ready System with a Fail-Safe Backup Plan
Configuring a equipment module layer of the system with phase functionality that can be operated automatically with batch processing, or manually by an operator
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Bringing a 1940’s-Era Chemical Complex Into the 21st Century Using Modular Control Systems
Avid was brough on to turn a dated facility into a moneymaker with a six-phase automation project. Responsibilities included pre-engineering, complete electrical and instrumentation design, control panel fabrication, system confi guration, checkout, and start-up.
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From Archaic to Automated - Without Missing a Batch or a Beat
Avid Solutions transforms a specialty batch chemical company's production process from manual to fully automated.
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Improved Design Simplifies Operator Interface
By reducing the amount of code needed for four new product tanks, Avid created a common HMI interface, which will reduce the amount of future programming changes.
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Improving Servo Control
High Speed Servo Control and Recipe Management in the CPG Industry
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Integrating Multiple Systems into a Single Monitoring and Control Solution
A major consumer packaging company approached Avid to install a Combined Cycle power island with more than 10 individual systems into a single window process control system to streamline both monitoring and control.
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Juggling the Coal Supply
Avid’s power generation experts worked with a combination of old and new technologies to develop a coal handling, sampling and blending system that juggles many different parameters.
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Parenteral Automation
Learn how Avid helped a major pharmaceutical company implement a control system to track equipment for drug component preparation, formulation, filling and packaging.
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Replacing an End-of-Life DCS System
A leading global paints and coatings company was experiencing issues with its distributed control system (DCS). As the system approached its end-of-life status, the client needed an integrator to perform the upgrade .
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Enhancing Production
Avid Solutions increased plant output and developed a system that operators were comfortable using.
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Controlling the Coal Flow
An improved combustion monitoring system created lower carbon emissions, a safer workplace, and substancially reduced the operator’s expenses.
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Dancing With a Density Meter
After running into a snag in the contracting details, Avid’s engineer had to step in to fine tune the controls on the new scrubber system.
3 Tips for Safe and Effective Virtualization
Like most technology advances, some risks come with the benefits of virtualization. Here are three tried and true tips for protecting your systems as you adopt virtualization.
4 Steps to Consolidating Multiple Operator Control Stations
Replacing a legacy control system affords the opportunity to consolidate multiple operator control stations. Experience shows some key considerations will increase the chances of success.
Automated Chilling Systems Reduces Energy Consumption
One pharmaceutical manufacturer minimized operational oversight and gained efficiency and control of its chilled water plant by adding automated controls.
Avid Solutions Celebrates 100th Employee Milestone and Reveals Expansion Plans
Avid Solutions Inc. Hires 100th Employee as Company Continues Expansion Plans
Brochure: Automation and Information Systems for the Chemical Industry
The experts at Avid can remove the bottlenecks to enhance the performance of your process and your bottom line. Improvements are available in process order handling, lot tracking, material control, recipe management, quality control and more.
Brochure: Automation and Information Systems for the Life Sciences Industry
When Avid Solutions is your system integration partner, you receive solid experience in streamlining your project, resulting in a smooth and efficient implementation.
Brochure: Avid Solutions Overview
Our goal at Avid is to go above and beyond your expectations as we work together to realize potential by identifying any productivity gaps and designing solutions to achieve maximum performance.
CSIA Member Spotlight with Avid Solutions President PC Romano
Avid Solutions is a CSIA Certified control system integrator company. While serving as president of Avid Solutions, PC also served as treasurer with the CSIA Board of Directors, and chairman of the board. CSIA caught up with PC to feature Avid in this edition of CSIA Member Spotlight.
Four Tips for Successful Physical-to-Virtual Migrations
Only a fraction of process control users have adopted virtualization. A major reason why is that users are often looking for savings in the wrong places.
From Golden Batches to Golden Results
As lean manufacturing concepts and six sigma initiatives have influenced chemical batch operations, we see a variety of attempts to continuously improve through the application of ideal or “golden batches."
How Industry Professionals Pull Together in Process Automation Projects
Advances in functionality coupled with dramatic price cuts are fueling the use of collaboration tools for process automation projects.
System Integration Can Improve Our Triple Bottom Line
The triple bottom line is a term that was coined in the 90’s. In a nutshell, there are three accounts to the triple bottom line (TBL) — People, Planet and Profit. The conventional wisdom is that a combination of these three components leads to a successful company that retains employees, partners and clients.
Why Partnership with a System Integrator is Critical
Forging a long-term partnership with a system integrator, beyond the immediate scope of work, keeps complex control systems functioning at peak performance.
