Engineering Consulting Services

• Design and Implementation is Product of Automation Life Cycle Planning

  Design and Implementation is Product of Automation Life Cycle Planning After creating the roadmap during the automation life cycle planning process, the next step in the journey is the design and implementation of the plan. For smaller systems the design and implementation stages of a system upgrade can take weeks or months and not all […]

  Read MoreTony Ferguson / Automation Planning / Engineering Consulting Services / Industrial Automation Upgrades / Life Cycle / Maintenance / Manufacturing Operations Management / Pre-Engineering / Process Automation Engineering / Retrofit / System Upgrade / Improvement / Planning / Upgrade / Improvement / Upgrades /

• Steps in Specifying Flow Measuring Instruments

  Steps in Specifying Flow Measuring Instruments The first step in specifying flow measuring instruments is to get opinions and information from the client or end user. It is essential to review the instrumentation, electrical, piping and process standards. Using clients’ standards and preferred manufacturers list is the preferred route. Otherwise, we use our practices and […]

  Read MoreBob Kurczewski / Control System Upgrade / Engineering Consulting Services / Industrial Automation Engineering / Instrumentation Engineering / Manufacturing Engineering / Manufacturing Operations Management / Multidiscipline Engineering /

• Flow Measurement Instrumentation Used in Engineering Design of Processes

  Flow Measurement Instrumentation Used in Engineering Design of Processes Flow measurement is an action to measure the flow of liquids, gases and vapors using a flow measurement instrument or device, which measures the rate of flow or the quantity of flow. We measure flow in industrial processes, utility pipelines, HVAC systems, municipal water and wastewater, […]

  Read MoreBob Kurczewski / Control System Upgrade / Engineering Consulting Services / Industrial Automation Engineering / Instrumentation Engineering / Manufacturing Engineering / Manufacturing Operations Management / Multidiscipline Engineering / Planning / Controls /

• Earned value provides powerful forecasting tool

  Earned value provides powerful forecasting tool Earned value is a tool for tracking real progress of a project that allows for more accurate forecasting and provides a sense of urgency early in a project, before things have gotten out of hand. The key word in the previous sentence is “real.” In the past, project performance […]

  Read MoreJason Perry, PE / Earned Value / Engineering Consulting Services / Forecasting / Industrial Automation Engineering / Manufacturing Operations Management / Project Management / Planning / Data Management /

• Oil Refinery Upgrades Control System Involving More than 3,000 Instruments

  Oil Refinery Upgrades Control System Involving More than 3,000 Instruments An oil refinery client needed a control system upgrade to correct performance and maintenance issues. As part of this, the move to an instrument fieldbus technology was made to take advantage of the monitoring and troubleshooting features it could provide. This resulted in the need to […]

  Read MoreScott Byrne, PE / Engineering Consulting Services / Fieldbus / Oil and Gas Engineering / Upgrade / Controls / INtools Smart Plant Instrumentation / iPad / SQL Database /

• How Automation Life Cycle Planning Reduces Costs, Improves Productivity and Reduces Risks

  How Automation Life Cycle Planning Reduces Costs, Improves Productivity and Reduces Risks Every manufacturer is under pressure to reduce manufacturing costs and maximize asset utilization. Automation life cycle planning is a continuous process involving several steps that can help reduce expenditures, downtime, and inventory, all while improving productivity. Automation life cycle planning also helps identify, […]

  Read MoreTony Ferguson / Automation Planning / Engineering Consulting Services / Industrial Automation Upgrades / Maintenance / Manufacturing Operations Management / Process Automation Engineering / Retrofit / Improvement / Planning / Upgrade /

• Specifying Instrumentation Requires a Team Effort

  Specifying Instrumentation Requires a Team Effort The engineering design process for specifying instrumentation is a multidiscipline engineering team effort at Matrix Technologies. The manufacturing engineering consultants (process, piping, mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation and controls) must be in constant communication with each other, throughout the entire project regarding coordination, changes, updates and deletions. This article describes […]

  Read MoreBob Kurczewski / Control System Upgrade / Engineering Consulting Services / Industrial Automation Engineering / Instrumentation Engineering / Manufacturing Engineering / Multidiscipline Engineering / Planning / Upgrades /

• Using an Arc Flash Study to Improve Worker Safety

  Using an Arc Flash Study to Improve Worker Safety Protecting workers from extremely high temperatures, tremendous pressure blasts and shrapnel hurling at high velocity resulting from an arc fault is of paramount importance in every facility’s operation. An arcing fault is the flow of current through the air between phase conductors or between phase conductors […]

  Read MoreRon Studtmann / Arc Flash / Engineering Consulting Services / Industrial Automation Engineering / Industrial Safety Service / Manufacturing Operations Management / Risk Assessment / Safety / Safety / Upgrades /

• Five Reasons for Hiring an Independent Control System Integrator

  Five Reasons for Hiring an Independent Control System Integrator As an independent control system integrator, Matrix Technologies has the ability — and the duty — to keep current on the best-in-class solutions for our clients’ industrial automation needs. By partnering with our clients and as engineering consultants, we bring years of experience to use in […]

  Read MoreDave Blaida, PE / Control System Upgrade / Engineering Consulting Services / Industrial Automation Engineering / Automation Integration / Improvement / Management / Integrations /