Insights from ControlSoft, Inc.
 A Message from the President
ControlSoft's mission, since day one, has
been to bring advanced control-based solutions to the marketplace, to
benefit everyone. We have come a long way in pursuing our goal; we will
continue the mission for many years to come.
Our products are considered
by most end-users to be the most advanced control products in the marketplace.
We work hard to maintain this reputation, with extensive in-house product
and technology development. To ensure long-term technology innovation,
we maintain close ties with the process control research at Case Western
Reserve University; in particular, ControlSoft continues to benefit from
the research done by Professors Coleman Brosilow and Irving Lefkowitz.
More important than the superior technologies we bring to the marketplace
is, we feel, our commitment to our customers. We continually strive
to provide them with the best product and technical support, and we
are proud of the numerous compliments and endorsements this policy
has evoked. In fact, the company is built upon the trust of our customers.
As I always say to our customers, "Do not take my word for it;
try us, challenge us, and then make your own conclusions."
ControlSoft is a remarkable group of dedicated and committed people
relentlessly pursuing the company's mission and hence contributing
to its success. It is a sharing and caring place to work, a very family-friendly
company, with such benefits as profit-sharing, medical insurance coverage,
and sick days for family care. As we tell our new employees: "Our
plan at ControlSoft is to provide not just a job but a lifelong career
opportunity."
Sincerely,
Tien L. Chia, President
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Pioneering Advanced Technologies
The engineers of ControlSoft have developed
and patented a wide range of control technologies, and have defined
control strategies for complex and difficult-to-control processes.
Our suite of control technologies includes model-based auto-tuning,
heuristic adaptive control, process loop monitoring and diagnostic
methods, and model-based multivariable control such as IMC (Internal
Model Control), CC (Coordinated Control), and MMC (Modular Multivariable
Control). ControlSoft is known for its technologies, which have been
licensed by more than fifteen prestigious control system manufacturers
to embed in their control systems.
Partial List of Licensees:
- Rockwell Automation (Allen-Bradley)
- Emerson's Power & Water Solutions
- ABB (Bailey)
- Middough Associates
- Laboratory Technologies
- Dow Chemical Company
- Forney International
- Moore Industries
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Control Systems and Software
ControlSoft has developed a suite of systems
and software geared towards meeting the control system requirements
of small-to-medium-sized applications in the process industry. Our
product development is focused on providing better process control
solutions and helping process engineers to do their job better. To
service these needs, we have developed two major product lines.
Advanced Process Control Systems
The MANTRA advanced process control system is modular in architecture,
and can easily handle systems with a few loops or a few hundred loops.
MANTRA offers powerful process control, batch sequencing, and discrete
logic, and is network-enabled with full peer-to-peer communication on
the Ethernet. The system configuration environment is centered on the
Microsoft NT operating system, and supports state-of-the-art object-oriented
and ActiveX-based design.
Software Tools for Engineering and Maintenance
ControlSoft's powerful suite of application software is led by INTUNE,
our flagship product, with thousands of licenses installed and in operation
worldwide. INTUNE automatically tunes PID loops using an automated test
procedure, and saves users significant amounts of time and money by eliminating
costly trial-and-error methods of loop tuning. A new loop management
software is designed to optimize the performance of regulatory control
loops by detecting loop problems, performing sensor diagnostics, and
providing overall statistical analysis of historical data.
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Application Engineering and Services
ControlSoft provides services in
loop tuning, consultation, and commissioning of the MANTRA control
system. Our project engineers have the expertise and commitment to
solve difficult process control problems using our advanced control
technologies.
Service Modules Structured Around ControlSoft Products
- Field technical support for loop tuning software and control systems
- On-site application support for designing control solutions on
MANTRA
- Engineering services for MANTRA-based control system solutions
Key Applications
ControlSoft's advanced control technologies are used in many installations
around the world on diverse industrial processes including fermentation
systems, food processing systems, glassmaking, extrusion, pulp and paper
production, and water and wastewater treatment. Many such systems benefit
from multi-variable optimization techniques which lead to increased stability
of plant operation and to improved product quality.
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ControlSoft's Corporate Outlook
 An advanced control systems company,
ControlSoft has engineered and developed process control systems and
solutions since 1985. The company has consistently focused on developing
advanced control technologies, many of which it has patented and which
are now licensed by leading industries and systems developers. Continually
innovating and developing a complete range of advanced solutions for
process control, ControlSoft has sustained an aggressive growth pattern
over the past several years.
With its systems and software already in
use by thousands of companies in the U.S. and the international market,
the company's reputation for customer service—in terms of application
support, on-site field service, and phone technical support—is
par excellence. We are committed to maintaining this reputation.
From multivariable control to fuzzy logic, from loop optimization and
diagnostics to management systems, ControlSoft's new technology is at
the cutting edge of research and development. Our advanced control algorithms
and software are designed to improve the efficiency and control quality
of continuous and batch processes, thus helping engineers keep their
systems current and running smoothly. As the new millennium brings new
and unique challenges to industry worldwide, ControlSoft will continue
its tradition of providing cost-effective and reliable control technologies
to meet these challenges.
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