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Process information and maintenance system for distributed control systems

US5796606A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 7, 1996
Grant dateAug 18, 1998
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Expiry dateFeb 7, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02P90/02
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A process information and maintenance system for monitoring, visualizing, triaging and maintaining all control loops of a distributed control system gives the users the number of control loops in the plant, the number of loops that are routinely in manual mode, which loops are frequently in alarm, which loops need tuning, etc.

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