Control Valve App

Keep your process running smoothly with our game-changing Control Valve App.

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How well do you know your valves and when to act?

Control valves are the unsung heroes of industrial processes as they keep everything running smoothly, controlling the process’ pressure, temperature, flow rate, and liquid level. Without them, the stability, efficiency, safety, and quality of industrial processes would be compromised. And yet, these are often not monitored. With a scarcity of trained engineers, this becomes even more critical.

Ready to see how you can stay on top of valve performance? Take a tour of our interactive demo and explore how the Control Valve App can help.

Control Valve App for Engineers

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Digital Automation Engineers

Accelerate your digitalization journey with tangible results after a few weeks.

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Maintenance Engineers

Reduce control valve unplanned downtime and gain more control over maintenance planning.

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Process Control Engineers

Keep your processes running smoothly and proactively assess potential risks with control valves.

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Reliability Engineers

Get valuable insights for replacement planning.

Trusted by Global Customers

UReason started in the Oil & Gas Industry and over the years expanded to other markets including Chemicals, Energy, Defense, Infrastructure, Manufacturing, and more.

  • We gather data on instrumentation issues and we find that control valves are one of the biggest areas of instrumentation which causes us to lose money. So, looking at the control valve lifecycle and understanding how we can improve it is very important to us.

    Fergus Harrison
    Automated Valve Principal Engineer, ExxonMobil
  • We are confident that the Control Valve App detects issues in an early stage which gives us time to respond before it becomes a real problem.

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    Werner Van Acker
    Technical Governance, Evonik Antwerp
  • Every turnaround we start with a list of control valves and there is limited time, CVA could help us to choose which ones to focus on first.

    Technology Manager
    Multinational Chemical Company
  • Found issues were validated in the field and were not found with full stroke tests.

    Reliability Manager
    Multinational Power Company

Maximize the value of your valves

The  Valve App creates value for Maintenance, Reliability Management, and Operations. Here are five ways you can benefit from it:

  • Reduce energy/product losses
  • Plan investments more accurately
  • Optimize maintenance planning for shutdowns​
  • Minimize on-site inspections
  • Lower risks by getting early warnings

Discover all about the Control Valve App in one brochure

Our Control Valve App is an intelligent solution that makes it easy to monitor and optimize the performance of your control valves. With real-time monitoring and analysis, the app can identify potential problems before they occur, reducing downtime and saving you money.

Download our brochure to learn more about how the Control Valve App can transform your valve maintenance and operations processes.

Valve App can integrate with many platforms and data sources

The Valve App is easy to integrate

UReason Valve App is a brand-agnostic valve monitoring solution that supports many valve brands and is easy to integrate with many data platforms and CMMS. It connects to many data sources, providing a comprehensive view of valve health and performance.

  • Plug-and-play
  • Supports Air/Electrical actuators
  • Benchmarks valve performance

Get continuous insights into your valves in real time

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Asset management perspective

  • Determining asset (valve and actuator) Remaining Useful Life for better maintenance and Capital Expenditure planning.
  •  Real-time insights for quick response and proactive maintenance.
  • An automatic connection to CMMS that creates automated work processes.
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Reliability management perspective

  • Detailed (graphical) insights on valve behaviour for deep understanding.
  • Root-cause analysis models for dysfunctions.
  • Benchmarking over the total asset base.
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Operations perspective

  • Additional insights for product/energy loss.
  • Reduce Fugitive Emissions by addressing stiction, stick&slip and stem/packing issues

Compare plans

Choose one of the three options and find what fits for you.

Control Valve App

Valve App Basic

Valve App Premium

Valve App Enterprise

Controller Performance
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Controller Performance

An unstable control performance is diagnosed with several indicators such as over- and undershoot, dead band and stiction. It refers to a controller which is not able to generate stability in the process.

Undershoot/Overshoot
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Undershoot/Overshoot

Undershoot is when the valve position is lower than its setpoint. Meannwhile, overshoot is when the valve position is higher than its setpoint.

Deadband
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Deadband

Control Valve dead band is the range a measured signal can vary without initiating a response from the actuator. Every control valve assembly experiences dead band.

Hunting
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Hunting

Control valve hunting is a condition when the valve closes and opens at an uncontrolled rate. It denotes that the control valve is unable to find the correct position in order to maintain the set process conditions.

Packing/Bellow Wear
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Packing/Bellow Wear

The valve and actuator stem are protected and guided by the packing and bellows. An increase in stiction over time can indicate wear of the packing and the bellows.

Hysteresis/Stiction
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Hysteresis/Stiction

Stiction is the combination of Static and Friction. It refers to the phenomenon of the static friction of the valve stem in the packing and sealing at the beginning of a stroke.

Positioner Calibration
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Positioner Calibration

Positioner Calibration is a stable offset of the position value versus the setpoint value is detected.

Stuck to Open/Close
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Stuck to Open/Close

The control valve does not respond to setpoint changes and is either stuck opening or stuck closing.

Health Timeline
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Health Timeline

The Health Timeline is a computer-based doppelganger (digital twin) representation that provides an overview of the health-score of the control-valve, as a trend, and the symptoms and issues that were detected in the current reporting period and previous periods.

Recommendations
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Recommendations

CVA provides automated prescriptive recommendations based on the pattern of the dysfunctions and their severity. These recommendations can be integrated into your CMMS for automated maintenance strategy.

Remaining Useful Lifetime
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Remaining Useful Lifetime

CVA calculates control valve RUL taking into consideration the installation dates of the control valve/actuator and the actual context in which the control valve is being operated. Dynamic insight into RUL helps you to better focus and plan for the next turnaround and valve maintenance activities.

Cavitation*/Flashing*
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Cavitation*/Flashing*

Cavitation occurs in control valves in liquid media applications. It happens when localized low pressure causes bubbles to form and then suddenly collapse. Flashing occurs when a liquid flows through a control valve and evaporates to retain the vapor.

Performance Dashboards
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Performance Dashboards

CVA comes with dashboards that help you track your plant's performance month-by-month over the whole asset base of control valves. This enables control valve benchmarking, insights into operational efficiency (energy/product losses), root-cause detection and maintenance optimization in a quick glance.

CMMS Integration
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CMMS Integration

CVA easily integrates with your CMMS (IFS Ultimo, Oracle Fusion, Upkeep, Infor, SAP etc) to send automated work orders and control valve maintenance recommendations, improving your maintenance strategies.

Install On Premise
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Install On Premise

The Control Valve App can be deployed on-premise with the Valve App Enterprise edition. This approach empowers industrial customers to have full control over their deployment, ensuring data security, scalability, and flexibility while harnessing the advanced capabilities of UReason's Control Valve App.

Process Integration
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Process Integration

In enterprise edition, CVA can be integrated with upstream/downstream processes and additional process equipment like pumps, heat exchangers, flow meters, motors for advanced diagnostics, giving you a better understanding of your overall process efficiency and health.

Get Started with the Control Valve App

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to improve your operations with real-time data and actionable insights. Try our Control Valve App Demo today.

Frequently Asked Questions about the Valve App

What brand and type of valves and actuators are supported?

UReason supports all brands: air, electrical and electro-hydraulic actuators in combination with globe, needle, and gate valves. We also support most butterfly valves.

What data is needed for the Valve App?

Setpoint and Output (Valve position) of the controller of the control valves. If position feedback is not available, additional data on controlled measurement flow/level/pressure/temperature and environment is needed​.

What meta data of the valves/actuators is needed?

Actuator and valve  (model and make) and installation dates. If not available, we need to create an asset inventory. ​

How much data do I need to provide​?

For the basic version, you can provide up to one month of data. We recommend a minimum of one week of continuous data​.

How do you generate a work-order in the CMMS?

The valve app provides a REST Server that will list/provide the recommendations/orders for your assets. You can easily integrate this with your CMMS – IFS/Ultimo/SAP/MAXIMO/Upkeep.  All have a capability to interface to our REST Server and have REST-APIs to generate work-orders for the functional items. We can also connect with most of the own build CMMS,  please contact us for the details.

How does the Control Valve App differ from traditional process control systems and loop-tuning solutions?

The Control Valve App differs from traditional process control systems and loop tuning solutions by offering more insights from an asset management perspective and integrating with a CMMS. The app provides continuous information about the health of the asset, determines the remaining useful life, and automatically connects with your workflow. This makes control valve diagnostics very transparent and straightforward. It also provides multiple detailed insights for Reliability Engineers to better understand the condition and health of the valve, including root-cause analysis and benchmarking. In addition, the app offers insights for Process Control Engineers to calculate product and energy loss.