Equipment fouling is a common operational challenge in manufacturing environments. Fouling can lead to major economic consequences due to increased operating costs and decreased productivity associated with the unplanned shutdowns required for frequent cleaning. Equipment performance is reduced when unwanted material accumulates on the solid surfaces of heat exchangers, furnaces, pipes, reactors, etc. A fouled [...]

Rapid Custom Formulation of Silicone Antifoams
Kristin Wallace2021-11-24T08:19:19-05:00Empowering Dow Chemical to fill the demand for low-volume, high-urgency orders of custom specialty chemicals using ProSensus’ RPD framework.

Batch Polymerization: Mid-course Control
Mark-John Bruwer2021-11-24T09:02:47-05:00An emulsion polymer process was producing off-spec product in 10% of its batches. By implementing advanced batch control, they were able to completely eliminate the bad batches.

Acceptance Specifications on Raw Materials for Product Quality
Monica Salib2021-11-24T09:03:55-05:00ProSensus worked with Mondelez, a global food manufacturer, to establish specifications on new incoming raw material lots to avoid accepting lots that pose a high risk on the final product quality.

Multivariate Raw Material Specifications
John MacGregor2021-11-24T09:04:53-05:00Specifications on individual properties are often misleading. ProSensus calculates multivariate specification limits so you can accept/reject and compensate for variations in raw materials. Read about examples in the chemical, pharmaceutical, and food industries.
Batch Frying of Snack Foods
Mark-John Bruwer2021-11-24T09:05:03-05:00By implementing ProSensus’ ProBatch Control technology, a leading snack food producer reduced the standard deviation on their product quality 50% and also significantly increased process capacity.

Using Soft Sensors to Reduce Lab Dependency
Monica Salib2021-11-24T09:05:12-05:00By implementing ProSensus’ ProBatch Control technology, a leading snack food producer reduced the standard deviation on their product quality 50% and also significantly increased process capacity.

Optimization of Tablet Manufacturing
Marlene Cardin2021-11-24T09:05:22-05:00ProSensus helped optimize a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical tablet manufacturing line, providing a method to reduce the time needed to respond to changes on the line and improve the final product quality.

Troubleshooting an Industrial Batch Process
Marlene Cardin2021-11-24T09:05:32-05:00A herbicide manufacturer was producing many out-of-specification batches in their batch dryer. Multivariate analysis was used to troubleshoot why unacceptable chemical structural changes were occurring.

Roller Compaction and Process Scale Up
Marlene Cardin2021-11-24T09:05:42-05:00Scaling production from lab-scale to full scale can be time consuming, frustrating and costly. An effective alternative is to apply numerical optimization on multivariate models that span both scales.

Johnson & Johnson: Seamless Data Analysis
Jamal Alli2021-11-24T09:05:51-05:00ProSensus helped integrate state-of-the-art multivariate calculation tools into Johnson & Johnson’s in-house software so that multivariate analysis could become part of their standard data analysis workflow.

Lime Kiln Soft Sensor: Real Time MVA
Marlene Cardin2021-11-24T09:06:21-05:00Irving Pulp & Paper chose ProSensus to create a soft sensor to stabilize their lime kiln process. Using real-time process measurements and images from a camera in the kiln, ProSensus developed a soft sensor that predicted kiln temperature hours in advance.