Semiconductor

Below you will find white papers on topics involving process control and automation.

IIoT Solutions Portfolio

Valin offers a comprehensive and highly differentiated portfolio of fluid control & pneumatics, machine control, and software solutions for discrete and hybrid manufacturing.

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Specifying VFD's

Submitted by Ray Marquiss || Valin Corporation

The basic application for a VFD is one where an AC motor must be run with some aspect of control over the speed, accel/decel or torque. Cranes, fans, pumps, mixers, conveyors, and similar applications are all candidates for using a VFD.

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Mitsubishi GOT to VFD Quickstart Kit

GOT provides an easily accessible interface for startup, commissioning, and control/monitoring VFD with pre-designed sample projects. Anyone can set it up in minutes by following the Quick Start Guide.

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Positioner Selection: Knowing what You Need

Submitted by Peter Jessee and Dave Fahlgren || Valin Corporation

Selecting the proper positioner is critical. The wrong decision can lead to unnecessary costs on one end of the spectrum and the need for a replacement on the other.

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Uncover Actionable Insights that Drive Operational Improvement

Global competition requires manufacturers to strive for operational excellence to ensure they are competitive. This requires continuous improvements in terms of reliability, reduced unscheduled downtime, lower maintenance costs, extended equipment life, optimized energy consumption, improved sustainability, and greater throughput.

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Improve Sustainability with IIoT

Reducing your carbon footprint and enhancing sustainability are imperatives in today's world. Emerson's expertise in the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and sustainability-enhancing products and software provide the right actionable insights for optimized energy management.

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Ignoring Alerts: Running VFD’s to Failure

Submitted by Kair Turubayev || Valin Corporation

We've been finding more and more circumstances where customers find it beneficial to run their variable frequency drives (VFD) to failure, potentially damaging the VFD beyond repair. This is an interesting concept for people to wrap their mind around at first.

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Actuator Options: More Than Meets the Eye

Submitted by Corey Foster || Valin Corporation

For both process and discrete motion control applications of actuators, many of the terminologies uttered and the base technologies utilized are similar. The difference comes with the application and evolution of these base technologies.

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Circulation Heaters: What You Need to Know

Submitted by Ryan Kraus || Valin Corporation

We're always seeing questions about circulation heaters. Specifically, given the abundance of different models and types, customers want to know which works best for their application.

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Wafer Yield in the Semiconductor Industry

Submitted by Sri Gavini || Valin Corporation

In a time where the cost of everything is on the rise, operators, and decision-makers are more focused than ever on getting the most out of their particular process. This is particularly true for the semiconductor industry.

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SIL 3 Rated Products for the Semiconductor Industry

Precisions Sensors (a division of United Electric Controls) now offers pressure, flow, level, and temperature products with a SIL 3 rating. The SIL-3 capability will improve your company's ability to achieve product certification resulting in improved time-to-market.

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Sensors for Safety and Process Control

U.E. Precision Sensors creates components to precisely match the specifications of semiconductor manufacturers. Precision Sensors provides its customers with the highest quality, most cost-effective, and reliable solutions for the safeguarding of people, equipment, and processes.

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Top 3 Security Misconceptions Between IT and OT Personnel

Submitted by Corey Foster, Valin Corporation

There seems to be this constant game of tug-of-war between Information Technology (IT) and Operation Technology (OT) personnel in industrial settings. In general, there are three misconceptions that OT personnel have about the IT department.

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