Why would I need FALCONEER™ IV Intelligent Process Performance Monitoring & Diagnostic Suite?
With today’s increased reliance on control systems for more than just closed loop control, it is critical to TRUST & KNOW that the instrumentation & equipment is operating properly & reliably. Sensors, control loops and pumps don’t send emails when they are about to fail or are wrong. Likewise, the process doesn’t tell the operator and engineer when it has wandered or changed for the worst until HI / LO Alarms go off, which means it is too late to do anything PROACTIVE – at best, or all Hell’s about to break loose at worst.
Luckily, technology exists that can work with your current control system to make the sensors and process smart and responsive, which will also make it safer at the same time. And since 2/3 of the process related problems are NOT due to just sensor or equipment level faults, this technology must also have, and does have, a process-level approach to detect and alert ALL your operational and process problems (or opportunities). FALCONEER Technologies provides this software technology.
When was FALCONEER™ IV introduced into the marketplace?
FALCONEER Technologies provides innovative sensor / process validation & predictive fault analysis software for control systems. The latest version, FALCONEER TM was introduced in Spring 2004.
In what industries is it typically used?
Manufacturing industries that operate processes with control systems and data historians can use our software applications. Target industries include chemical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, food, pulp & paper, waste water, primary metals, glass, power generation, and pipelines.
Why is it unique? What does it do that nothing else can? What special or distinguishing features does it have?
FALCONEER Technologies LLC has commercialized its improved software product and service designed to identify reliability issues and provide cost saving opportunities while concurrently enhancing process and plant safety. Three new features have been incorporated into our product, FALCONEER™ IV. First, we have integrated our virtual statistical control charting (V-SPC) diagnostics with our sensor / process validation and fault analysis diagnostics. Second, our software can create validated soft or inferential sensors to enhance process & product quality monitoring and control. Third, FALCONEER™ IV can operate either as a standalone system or run as a web service with alarm and information screens as web clients capable of messaging to pagers, cell phones, etc. This flexibility allows it to be directly incorporated into most common distributed control systems. So our software now provides a cost-effective, integrated, control system-independent solution for monitoring and analyzing manufacturing process data in real time and providing intelligent alerts, validation and recommendations back to the operators and engineers.
How does FALCONEER™ IV work?
This technology uses a patented methodology for performing automated process sensor validation and fault analysis. All that is required by this program are easily derivable models and heuristics of normal process operation. Our FALCONEER™ IV software engine then automatically creates and maintains all of the diagnostic patterns and rules necessary to perform its analysis on-line and in real time. It generates in real time intelligent alerts to the process operators whenever conditions warrant it, maximizing the time available to them to correct the underlying situation or intercede. It identifies when the process is running optimally and under control, reducing costs associated with process inefficiencies, downtime, and product reject. Finally, it assures proper sensor information and process conditions in real-time, allowing for preventative maintenance, validation, and regulatory compliance cost savings.
