December 24, 2024
APC FLOW CONTRIL VALVE
EVENT REPORTED by SAM GUARD®
Detected a rise in SP. In most cases, we don’t forward to customer issues related to SP changes, since it’s usually a planned changed. In this case, we see that persistently PV is unable to reach SP.
PROCESS ENG TEAM FINDINGS
Apparently, customer has started using a new control system that automatically changes SP because of changes in final product (APC). Due to SAM GUARD® it was found that that system is asking the valve to reach SP which it is uncapable of ever reaching.
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COST / DOWNTIME AVOIDED
This is impacting the final product.
CUSTOMER FEEDBACK
Customer had to set upper limit to SP in APC software.