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Articles, webinars, videos and case studies on asset performance management: control valves, pumps and heat exchangers, alarm management, predictive maintenance and the practical use of AI in industrial operations.
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Time Series Historian in APM & APM Studio
With Time Series Historian, APM has built-in support for fast time-series data logging, using QuestDB, to persist Model history property…
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Large Language Models – What We Did
We investigated using Large Language Models in Asset Performance Management: finding missing information, locating assets and comparing health scores.
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Large Language Models – Our Use Case
Why UReason applied Large Language Models to the Control Valve App – driven by the scarcity of knowledge and expertise…
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Complex Event Processing in APM & APM Studio
Complex Event Processing lets APM analyse and correlate streams of events and alarms to understand what is really happening in…
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Bowtie Rules in APM & APM Studio
Bowtie models evolved from ways of visualising cause and consequence. The earliest mention of the diagram is credited to David…
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Large Language Models
Large Language Models are a deep learning method within Natural Language Processing – ChatGPT, LLaMa and Bert are the best-known…
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Alarms & Diagnostics, Control Valves, Energy & Sustainability, Maintenance Strategy, Servitization & Business CaseCritical Valves – Failure is not an Option
An operationally critical control valve holds precise control over flowrate, pressure, temperature or fluid level – and failure is not…
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Controlling the Control Valve – Measuring Controller Performance with Control Valve App
Our Control valve Valve App (CVA) provides several control performance insights by using the data you store in your process…
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State Diagrams in APM & APM Studio
It is important to distinguish the various states in your system because the reaction to certain events will depend on…
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Controlling the Control Valve – Consequences of Bad Controller Performance
Bad controller performance on control valves can have significant costs and consequences in various industrial processes and applications.
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The Business Case for Continuous Valve Diagnostics – Process Perspective
Advanced Process Control improves efficiency, product quality and performance – and depends on control valves that behave predictably.
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Controlling the Control Valve – Controller Issues
PID controllers are used everywhere in control systems, but show several common issues when they are not properly tuned or…
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Object Models in APM & APM Studio
Object models give a conceptual representation of objects, their attributes and behaviours, and the relationships between them in an APM…
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Controlling the Control Valve – PID Control in Relation to the Control Valve
PID control influences a control valve by continuously adjusting its position to regulate fluid flow through a process pipeline or…
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Alarms & Diagnostics, Control Valves, Data & Connectivity, Maintenance Strategy, Servitization & Business CaseThe Business Case for Continuous Valve Diagnostics – Organisational Perspective: Scarcity of Skills & Expertise
Skilled valve specialists are scarce. How continuous diagnostics let a small team cover a large valve fleet across one or…
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Controlling the Control Valve – Influences on the PID Controller
Several factors influence how well a PID controller performs when regulating a process and holding its setpoint.
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Data Interfacing with APM & APM Studio
Data interfacing in APM Studio varies by connector type, and each interface has its own set of properties to configure…
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Alarms & Diagnostics, Control Valves, Energy & Sustainability, Maintenance Strategy, Servitization & Business CaseThe Business Case for Continuous Valve Diagnostics – Financial Perspective: Optimizing OPEX and Deferring CAPEX
The financial view on continuous valve diagnostics: where the OPEX savings come from, and how monitoring defers capital replacement spend.
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Controlling the Control Valve – The PID Controller
A PID controller is a feedback control system that holds a process at its setpoint by continuously adjusting its output.
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Controlling the Control Valve – Control Valve Control Methods/Systems
Controlling the Control Valve – Control Valve Control Methods/Systems – UReason
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FMEA or FMECA for your Assets? – Bringing it All Together: Continuous Failure Monitoring on Control Valves
A control valve failure causes downtime, product loss and safety risk. Regular maintenance, inspection and monitoring are essential to prevent…
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FMEA or FMECA for your Assets? – Mapping Control Valve Failure Modes to an FMEA
The Risk Priority Number – Occurrence x Severity x Detection – gives you a quantitative measure of which failure modes…
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AI, ML & LLMs, Alarms & Diagnostics, APM Studio & Platform, Data & Connectivity, Digital Twin, DPP & AAS, FMEA, Bowtie & Risk, Pumps & Rotating EquipmentIntroduction: APM & APM Studio
Learn how to quickly build solutions for Condition Based Monitoring (CBM), Predictive Maintenance (PdM) and deploy AI/ML models with APM…
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FMEA or FMECA for your Assets? – Failure Modes of Solenoid Valves
Solenoid valves control the flow of liquids and gases, and like any device they develop characteristic failure modes over time.
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FMEA or FMECA for your Assets? – Failure Modes of Electric Actuators
Electric actuators position valves, dampers and other mechanical components – and can experience several distinct failure modes.
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The Business Case for Continuous Valve Diagnostics – People Perspective: Continuous Valve Diagnostics
Control valves regulate fluid flow across the process industries. Just as important are the people who look after them.
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UReason Is Featured in LNG Industry Magazine
UReason features in the December 2023 issue of LNG Industry Magazine: when to inspect, maintain or replace control valves.