June 28, 2007 - ExperTune today announced the PlantAMS Alarm Management System. PlantAMS is designed to help reduce safety risks, environmental risks, and operator errors through better alarm management in both routine and abnormal operation.PlantAMS gathers alarm data directly from control systems or via historians, using industry-standard OPC communications. PlantAMS tools allow plant personnel to analyze, trend, and rationalize process alarms.
Rather than sort through hundreds of individual alarm messages, plant personnel can quickly focus on the most important information.PlantAMS alarm analysis information can be integrated with real-time process and control information in ExperTune's PlantTriage Performance Supervision System. Together, these tools provide a "big-picture" view of plant performance, drill-down to root cause, integrated reporting, and detailed analysis of process, control, and operating conditions. Kevin Gibbs, CEO of ExperTune, Inc. says "At ExperTune, we have always been focused on improving process performance.
PlantAMS adds another dimension to our performance improvement capabilities, as we can help improve the performance of operations personnel." Mr. Gibbs adds, "Several of our clients have recognized the value of integrating alarm management solutions with PlantTriage. PlantAMS is a natural extension of our product line, and we are excited to be able to help our clients improve performance in this new way."
About PlantAMS
The PlantAMS Alarm Management System is designed to reduce safety and environmental risks. PlantAMS extracts data from the control system, then analyzes alarm data. Working in concert with the PlantTriage Performance Supervision System, PlantAMS can provide insight into operational, performance, and alarm issues.
About PlantTriage
PlantTriage is a Performance Supervision System, designed to improve the performance of equipment, operations, and controls. PlantTriage extracts data from existing control systems, using industry-standard OPC communications. Based on ExperTune's award-winning control loop optimization tools, PlantTriage then makes prioritized recommendations for performance improvement. With integrated control loop optimization tools, PlantTriage is the only complete performance supervision system.
About ExperTune
For 20 years, ExperTune has created award-winning optimization software that runs in thousands of plants world-wide. PlantTriage Performance Supervision Software oversees the optimization of an entire plant. PlantTriage optimizes the entire process, including equipment, operations, and controls. ExperTune's full suite of optimization tools is designed to increase the efficiency of processes. The company's analysis tools includeinteraction analysis, modeling, robustness, linearization, valve wear analysis, pH linearization, time series analysis, MPC performance improvement, 6-sigma, frequency analysis, and process modeling.