Pulp and Paper Webcast Series: Part 1 - Drive down operating costs by increasing process control asset performance
Tuesday, May 2, 2006
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM (GMT -04:00) Eastern Time (USA, Canada)
Language: English
Webcast Information
Pacesetting Technologies for the Paper Industry
Pulp and paper companies face increasing operational challenges attributed to currency changes, rising costs and market pressures. In some cases, the adoption of proven technologies and practices found in pacesetter pulp & paper facilities and leaders in other process industries, may have resulted in plant closures being avoided.
Matrikon's critically acclaimed webcast program is proud to present Pacesetting Technologies for the Paper Industry. This five part webcast series is designed for pulp & paper companies who are looking for proven practices and results to improve their operations. Participants will discover how a world-class set of advanced data analysis and process control technologies will create a solution for a step-change in performance that will give their company a global competitive advantage.
Part 1: Drive down operating costs by increasing process control asset performance
Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006
1:30 pm EST (GMT -4)
Difficulties in detecting and correcting control asset problems, limited maintenance and engineering resources, and changing unit operating conditions have a significant negative impact operating costs. This webcast will demonstrate how to move an instrument-maintenance organization to a predictive process while assuring your control assets are delivering the best possible performance on a continuous basis with sustainable results.
Learn how to:
- Drive down process variation by improving control performance
- Quickly find poorly performing assets using Visual Mapping technology
- Get to the root cause of the performance issue to troubleshoot control problems quickly
- Create the initial implementation of a condition based maintenance approach.
Who should attend:
- Production managers
- Maintenance managers
- E&I superintendents
- Instrument supervisors
- Process control managers & engineers
Pulp & Paper Webcast Series:
- Part 1: Drive down operating costs by increasing process control asset performance
May 2nd
- Part 2: Leverage multivariate data analysis technology to significantly improve paper machine OEE
May 16th - Details & Registration
- Part 3: Web-based Data Consolidation - The Right Data To The Right People At The Right Time
May 30th - Details & Registration
- Part 4: Alarm Rationalization - Minimizing nuisance alarms, off-spec product and operator errors
June 13th - Details & Registration
- Part 5: Industrial Connectivity and Cyber Security - Optimize your process with secure access to all process information
June 27th - Details & Registration
- Part 6: Use Real-Time Data to Get to the Sources of Process Downtime and Improve Asset Reliability
July 11th - Details & Registration
Instructor Information
Warren Mitchell
B.Sc., P.Eng.
Warren Mitchell is Matrikon's Director of Advanced Applications as well as the product manager responsible for overseeing the development and sales of ProcessDoctor and ProcessMonitor. Warren brings extensive experience in process control and automation to these roles. Warren joined Matrikon in 1994 with several years in engineering and project management related experience and has proven engineering, project management, and business related skills. His technical background includes instrument and process control engineering as well as software product development for industrial applications. Warren is a process control engineering graduate from the University of Alberta and an Instrument Technologist graduate from the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.