Increase your capabilities through focused and power-specific training.

ControlSoft uses essential control theory but focuses on practical fundamentals to train in best practices for power generation. The two-day onsite training course includes hands-on, real-time examples and simulations from power plants.

"All topics were covered very well and will be useful back at the plant. I would recommend the training to anyone wanting to truly understand the control loop tuning process."

— I&C Technician, TVA, 2006 Attendee

"The training was great. We can now tune an application in about 4 hours that used to take us a week or more to tune properly."

— Engineering Technician, Allegheny Energy, 2007 Attendee

"The trainer was very knowledgeable and covered everything well. The training and simulation exercises helped to get a grasp on our tuning issues."

— I&C Technician, Garland Power and Light, 2008 Attendee

ControlSoft offers a two-day onsite training course using examples specifically from the power generation industry.

• The first session will train engineers, technicians, and operators to set up, maintain, and tune PI and PID controllers, thus gaining the benefits of better control and the ability to reduce variation on the unit in less than half of the time of trial and error tuning.
• The second session will demonstrate the best practices techniques for commonly used process control strategies beyond PID control in power, such as multi-layer cascades, override control, gain scheduling, and feedforward compensation, design, and tuning.

ControlSoft's training covers enough theory so that PID controllers are no longer a "black box." Participants will understand intuitively how the parameters affect the control of the process. We spend the most time and the greater emphasis on the practical steps to tuning and implementing the strategy. All examples and steps can be used with any control system.

Who Should Attend
Engineers, technicians, and operators who have the responsibility for building or maintaining a process and/or who need to set up, use, evaluate, or tune control loops, complex control strategies or advanced controls.