New integration and patterning schemes used in 3D memory and logic devices have created manufacturing and yield challenges. Industrial focus has shifted from the scaling of predictable unit processes ...

Comprehensive process optimization begins with an evaluation to identify the best combination of tooling, fixturing, machines, and cycle times. The Seco Engineered Solutions team evaluates the scope ...

Process Cycle Efficiency (PCE) is a simple calculation that will define what percent of your total processing time is consumed by waste. It will also show you where that waste is and how you might try ...

In today's competitive environment, process industry companies are focused on two key objectives: profitability and delivering value to customers. However, these objectives are often disparate goals ...

Over the past decade, technology has become an increasingly integral part of modern business. Gone are the days when a company was run solely on the intuitions and gut instincts of a single person, ...

In this article, as in industry, advanced process control (APC) refers primarily to multi-variable control. Multivariable control means adjusting multiple single-loop controllers in unison, to meet ...

Coal-fired power plants can significantly improve wet limestone scrubbing with advanced process control. One optimization system implemented at a Japanese facility utilized enhanced regulatory control ...

Novate Solutions works with Cakebread Cellars to devise a control system to optimize the operation of Cakebread’s glycol chiller plant. At Cakebread Cellars, the company has an intricate process of ...