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Repiensen sus métodos de trabajo y obtengan resultados inmediatos gracias a nuestros servicios, nuestra capacitación y nuestra pericia en asesoría. Manejen el cambio inteligentemente con nuestras soluciones probadas.

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June 2007

In this issue

puce Presentation: Matrikon - Top Control - Everest Automation
puce Class
puce Conferences
puce Trick of the month: Alarm Management: Are Your Operators Overwhelmed With Alarms?
puce To contact us


Presentation: Matrikon - Top Control - Everest Automation

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In the morning, we will focus on Matrikon and Top Control: products and service.

After lunch, the following products will be presented:

Advanced Process Control Solution
Alarm Management
Control performance monitoring
Data web visualization (consolidation, integration, and visualization of plant data)
Revolutionary PID optimizer and tools, multi loops (using the same technology as TaiJi-MPC)

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Upcoming Class

Alarm Management Systems Specialist (AMSS) Certification Program
June 20-21 2007, Montreal, QC

See our 2007 courses calendar

Conferences

"Asset Management And Performance Supervision at Quebec Cartier Mining",
Claude Gosselin, Compagnie Minière Québec Cartier and Michel Ruel, Top Control,
12th IFAC Symposium on Automation in Mining, Mineral and Metal Processing,
August 21 2007, Quebec, QC
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"Managing Assets Using Performance Supervision",
Michel Ruel, Cu2007, 6th Copper Conference,
August 27 2007, Toronto, ON
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This Month's Tip : Alarm Management: Are Your Operators Overwhelmed With Alarms?

ISA (International Society of Automation) announced the ISA-SP18.02 standard at the Matrikon User Group Summit on May 10, 2007, Chicago, IL. This standard addresses the development, installation, and management of alarm systems for the process industries. It is intended to provide a methodology that will improve the safety of industrial and manufacturing facilities.
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This standard defines the expected performances for an alarm system of an operating station (averages spanned over one month):

Alarm rate Best practices
Alarms/day 150
Alarms/hour 6
Alarms/10 minutes 1
Maximal number of alarms/hour 60
% upset time > 30 alarms/hour 1%

Other metrics:

  • Standing alarms (> 24 hours)
  • 20 most frequent alarms
  • Priority distribution
  • Average time to return at normal state
  • Number of interventions/alarm
  • Taux d'alarmes selon les priorités
  • Configured alarms per controller, per analog input, per digital input
  • Etc.

To evaluate your system, place the values on this graphic:

The average number of annunciated alarms is a good indicator of the overall health of the alarm system. Periods of unusually high alarm activity are easily identified in trend charts. This analysis is done based on the alarms annunciated at a single operating position.

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