Moore Products Co. (Spring House, Pa.) entered the chemical industry with its APACS ProcessSuite batch control and automation system for the new Elf Atochem North America methyltins production area at the Carrollton, Ky., plant. The system unifies previously separate tools-bundling controller configuration, operator interface, Internet-based viewing, and historian software-"in much the same way office workers have been benefiting from integrated word processing, database management, spreadsheet, and presentation software,"says the vendor.
Control Engineering Magazine, October 1997 |
