Greg Shinskey’s Advice Now Available in Real-Time

F. Greg Shinskey is well-known in the field of process control. A practitioner of process control for over 50 years, he has received 17 patents, authored 7 books and over 100 articles. Mr. Shinskey is the recipient of ISA’s 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award, and has received entry into the Process Automation Hall of Fame. Mr. Shinskey’s approach to energy saving and process improvement have been adopted by many companies in the process industries.

John Gerry, President and founder of ExperTune says “Many of our clients have experienced very subtle and often misleading symptoms from their automation systems. Few plants have the luxury of such deep expertise on their staff. We are very excited to be able to bring Greg’s expertise into hundreds of plants at once.”

The PlantTriage software draws real-time data from a control system or process data historian. The software measures over 80 aspects of controller performance, then applies Shinskey’s analysis. The result is real-time advice for instruments, controllers, valves, and process equipment. Results are displayed in dashboards on a web browser, or via event-driven email alerts. These new features are part of PlantTriage version 9, which is being released this month.

Shinskey’s analysis is based on each controller’s configuration, the type of loop being controlled (flow, level, temperature) and pattern recognition of real-time trend information. So the advice provided is very specific, providing a complete explanation of the problem, its symptoms, and the steps required to resolve it.

Mr. Gerry concludes, “Imagine if every plant in the world could have Greg Shinskey on their staff. The energy savings alone would be staggering.”