Technology progression within advanced process control (APC) continues to evolve; however, it is the relationship among core APC developments, enabling technologies, and management practices that is ...

MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nanometrics Incorporated (NASDAQ:NANO), a leading provider of advanced process control metrology and inspection systems, today announced that its SPARK-API macro ...

In the manufacturing world, the word “retrofit” many times is feared to mean “lost production.” In other words, plants—or at least parts of plants—must be shut down for equipment to be upgraded. And ...

It’s an interesting time in history of advanced process control (APC), a term that encompasses a range of sophisticated software tools and technologies used to optimize plant performance, primarily in ...

Advanced process control Since their inception in the early 1980s, multivariable model-based controllers have become the technology of choice for implementing APC applications. More than 5,000 ...

It’s not, “You say ‘tomato’ and I say ‘tomahto.’ ” With advanced process controls (APCs), you either know what they are or you don’t. If you do know, you know they give for-real, money-in-your-pocket ...

Japan's Yokogawa Electric Corporation announced Thursday that the company and Shell have jointly developed Platform for Advanced Control and Estimation, a software suite that speeds up and simplifies ...

New RF power supplies and tap-selectable matching network provide precise, repeatable control and dynamic response in next-generation plasma processes DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Advanced Energy ...

ALAB and KLAC benefit from AI-driven chip demand, but KLAC's process control strength and packaging momentum give it greater upside potential.

In this article, as in industry, advanced process control (APC) refers primarily to multi-variable control. Multivariable control means adjusting multiple single-loop controllers in unison, to meet ...

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