Optimizing Efficiency of Existing Systems
A large percentage of equipment and technology used in today's industrial facilities, manufacturing plants, and a wide range of other areas was originally designed and implemented decades ago. Production competitiveness constantly pushed the speeds of this equipment, and lately, there has been an ever-increasing emphasis on machine and automation efficiency, as well as performance and quality control. Recent advancements in PC-based measurement and control technologies have provided industrially rugged and cost-effective systems to complement and integrate existing automation systems and machines. NI PACs deliver advanced functionality, such as high-speed, high-resolution measurements; analysis and signal processing; and control technologies that improve the efficiency of existing systems. Optimizing Existing Automation SystemsNational Instruments offers a measurement and automation platform that industrial engineers can use to optimize existing plants and design engineers can use to build high-performance machines. The core of this platform is NI LabVIEW, a high-level graphical programming language, executing on an industrial programmable automation controller (PAC). Graphical system design can improve quality through real-time measurement integration, reduce downtime with better diagnostic tools, improve throughput using higher-speed loops and advanced control algorithms, and optimize plant spending by augmenting the existing automation systems.
Using Advanced Control to Optimize EfficiencyNI provides the necessary tools to implement advanced, state-of-the-art control algorithms such as model predictive control (MPC) and fuzzy and neuro-fuzzy controllers that can operate more efficiently than traditional PID-based systems. |
