Actuated control valves, air regulating dampers and other Final Control Elements are crucial hardware for plant automation. Fluctuating input signals, wear/fatigue of components and mechanical limitations can cause abnormal FCE behavior. Sticky valves, sluggish dampers can introduce or enhance process oscillations. OPTIMakx assesses operational data and reveals FCE health. Highlights excess usage, non-linearity, possible wear and design limitations. Helps plant team to move from ‘Fail&Fix’ to ‘Predict&Prevent’
OPTIMakx-FCE
decision support tool for Enhancing Asset Life
Features
- Can pre-define, customize and configure the DATA extraction for selected set of crucial Valves/Dampers/Actuators or other FCEs.
- Simultaneous and spontaneous monitoring and assessment of FCE network.
- Highlights operational Key Performance Indicators like severity of valve movements, extent of shocks due to reversals, stiction/jump, saturation and other hardware related issues.
- Uniquely displays health indicator for each FCE with colour coding for visual inspection.
- Can set and automatically schedule analysis and results for different user and responsibility levels.
- Can track attention given and progress of pre-/post health status.
- Auto generate reports and alarm SMSs.
- Want to Understand more – call us for ONE day training on “Assessment and optimization of Control Elements”
- Want to Assess plant status – contact us for OPTIMakx-SERVICE (Two plant wide Audits/Year + 1 day Training). Process experts using the tool will provide Health check-up of important valves/dampers and other actuators in the plant, diagnosis for major issues and suggestions for improvement.
- Want to Update often – get the benefits of continuously improving tool/ algorithms, world-wide FCE monitoring experience and bench-marking with best in your process/industry. Access multi-user / unlimited analysis option with OPTIMakx -CLOUD on internet.
- Want to Use regularly – install & assess plant health on timely basis, configure to your needs, customize to your plant and run on your PC/intranet on demand/ as scheduled and get the snap shot of actuators/valves and manage them systematically with OPTIMakx –PRODUCT. Unique and new decision support tool.