It is fair to say that without a fully functional distributed control system (DCS), a modern plant cannot operate safely and efficiently and in some cases, cannot operate at all. Therefore, it is vital to ensure the integrity of all DCSs and protect them from malicious attacks, accidental corruption, and data breaches that may jeopardize safety or production or may compromise the end user’s competitive advantage in the marketplace.

This paper describes the philosophy and guidelines for keeping your D/3® DCS secure from cyberattacks.

September 25, 2018

The NovaTech D/3® Process Control Module 5, PCM5, represents a leap forward in the development, virtualization, and Cyber Security capabilities of the D/3 PCM family.

June 29, 2018

The full catalog of NovaTech’s 8000 Series I/Os. The 8000 Series is the remote I/O family native to the D/3® Distributed Control System (DCS). It is the preferred I/O for new installations and it can replace the older NovaTech 16000 series I/O in existing PCM cabinets, using existing field wiring connected to new termination panels with existing connectors.

June 6, 2018

D/3 Version 16 (D3v16) opens new horizons of reliability and ease of use for the DCS with the highest lifetime value in the industry. D3v16 is the first release to harness the next-generation Process Control Module 5 (PCM5) Series’ native Cyber Security and virtualization capabilities.

March 29, 2018

NovaTech’s D/3® Distributed Control System and FlexBatch® (ISA-S88) batch management products were chosen by Cargill for their chocolate processing facility in Hazleton, Pennsylvania.

November 14, 2016

The D/3® Distributed Control System (DCS) is a leading edge process control system that includes a comprehensive suite of software applications, networks, and computing hardware. D/3 features system-wide redundancy and the ability to upgrade without stopping plant operations.

October 28, 2016

FlexBatch® integrates recipe management with the manufacturing process by making the automation procedure part of the recipe. Developers, engineers and production staff can quickly develop and modify documented recipes, and immediately schedule them for production.

October 27, 2016

The NovaTech 8000 Series EBIM, NT-8521-EB-NT, is a rugged, field-mountable, D/3® 8000 I/O communications controller.

October 26, 2016

Capture Know-How and Best Practices Into ISA 106-Based Procedural Automation

October 5, 2016

Facets Support Agreements are annual or multi-year contracts designed to keep your operation running smoothly with customized packages of support services that can include preventative and remedial maintenance, training class credits, software upgrade licenses, and various levels of online, on-site, and telephone support.

October 5, 2016

Energy and Utilities costs have become the largest controllable cost in many process facilities. A shared, real-time, and accurate picture of all energy options and equipment efficiencies can turn this growing challenge into a source of competitive advantage. NovaTech Energy Management solutions include survey and analysis services, KPI dashboard development, and complete power system SCADA solutions that allow a process enterprise to make more informed decisions for reducing energy costs and environmental impact. Energy Management solutions provide the greatest value for process components with high or variable energy demands such as boilers, chillers, distillation, and central power production.

October 5, 2016

September 1, 2016

A smooth D/3® DCS upgrade allows new and experienced AbbVie engineers to work in their preferred ways.

August 10, 2016

D/3® Version 15 (D3v15) includes an array of valuable enhancements to the most adaptable and powerful DCS on the market. D3v15 delivers the highest lifetime value by preserving investments in applications, hardware, and I/O while incorporating the latest advancements.

March 21, 2016

In partnership with NovaTech, the ARC Advisory Group recently produced a 5-page ARC VIEW article promoting NovaTech as a long-term, viable, and trusted partner with a strong product offering. 

February 18, 2016

Maintaining product quality and production agility while increasing throughput can be both a
challenge and a source of strategic advantage. The D/3® Distributed Control System (DCS) powers the processes and fuels the growth of many of the largest and most efficient breweries in the US, yet remains flexible enough to adapt to your uncompromising vision.

May 18, 2015

The D/3® Process Control Module (PCM) is a real-time, microprocessor based computer that provides distributed automation and control capabilities for continuous and batch process plant operations…

August 27, 2014

D/3® is a leading-edge Distributed Control System (DCS) that incorporates a full suite of intuitive software tools designed to improve product quality, maximize throughput and increase profits for process manufacturing companies. Featuring a flexible, open architecture and the familiar Microsoft Windows environment, D/3 is easy to use, maintain and configure—saving both time and money.

August 26, 2014

The D/3® Distributed Control System (DCS) is a completely scalable solution to meet your current and future process control needs. NovaTech D/3 products are currently employed by customers with as few as 50 and as many as 40,000 tags — with room to grow to over 100,000 tags. The D/3 consists of four major components: OCMs, DCMs, PCMs, and I/O.

August 26, 2014

The D/3® USB Keyboard is an environmentally hardened operator’s keyboard with keys dedicated to process control functions. It communicates at 12 mbps via an available USB 1.0/2.0 port on an OCM, DCM or CDCM.

August 26, 2014

Paperless Procedures (PLP) is a combination of software and services that integrates process control, operator training, documentation and compliance needs into a robust knowledge-retention architecture.

August 26, 2014

ProcessVision™ Console software is the easy and secure way to monitor, analyze and adjust continuous and batch processes running on the D/3® DCS System.

August 26, 2014

August 20, 2014

DESY relies on D/3®, FlexBatch®, and TotalVision® Process HMI for 24/7 operation of refrigeration plant. The German Electron Synchrotron (DESY) – located in Hamburg and Zeuthen – is one of five large accelerator centers in the world at which physicists study the world of elementary particles. Several hundred men and women work together on experiments in international groups, where, over the course of years of collaborative effort, they design, build, and operate complex measuring instruments the size of buildings and evaluate millions of items of data. Four such groups are currently working at DESY at the large underground Hadron Electron Ring Accelerator (HERA).

August 20, 2014

August 18, 2014

The D/3® Process Control Module (PCM) is a real-time, microprocessor based computer that provides distributed automation and control capabilities for continuous and batch process plant operations. The PCM 4200 is form-factor compatible with earlier cabinets and provides an upgrade path for PCM I, PCM II, PCM III, and PCM 2000 micros.

August 15, 2014

The NovaTech 8000 Series I/O is the remote I/O family native to the D/3® Distributed Control System (DCS). It is the preferred I/O for new installations and it can replace the older NovaTech 16000 series I/O in existing PCM cabinets, using existing field wiring connected to new termination panels with existing connectors.

August 15, 2014

Proportional Integral Derivative (PID) control strategies are responsible for maintaining control of production processes within prescribed tolerances. They are heavily employed in most modern production facilities throughout the world.

January 6, 2014

Paperless Procedures™ (PLP) is a patented software product and methodology that simplifies the creation , execution, and maintenance of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) across the entire process enterprise.

June 26, 2012

PlantState Suite (PSS) Alarm Management Software is a comprehensive alarm management and operations support software suite that facilitates event analysis, documentation and rationalization, auditing and enforcement, and dynamic alarm management to optimize any alarm system. Together with professional analysis and facilitation services provided by NovaTech, PSS ensures that operators are presented with only the most important alarms requiring intervention and can take appropriate action before an upset or accident occurs.

December 13, 2011

D/3 Version 14 delivers numerous important security, configuration, optimization, system, and 8000 Series I/O enhancements that improve product quality, operational efficiency and enhance your bottom line.

March 28, 2011

D/3® Loop Optimizer is designed to provide a highly intuitive and effective platform for all PID loop tuning on a D/3 system. It solves common problems associated with tuning PID control loops and it allows users to model, analyze, and tune PID control loops quickly, accurately, and consistently.

December 21, 2010

D/3® Loop Optimizer is designed to provide a highly intuitive and effective platform for all PID loop tuning on a D/3 system. It solves common problems associated with tuning PID control loops and it allows users to model, analyze, and tune PID control loops quickly, accurately, and consistently.

December 21, 2010

The D/3® Distributed Control System (DCS) is a completely scalable solution to meet your current and future process control needs. NovaTech D/3 products are currently employed by customers with as few as 50 and as many as 40,000 tags — with room to grow to over 100,000 tags. The D/3 consists of four major components: OCMs, DCMs, PCMs, and I/O.

December 21, 2010

Control of batch manufacturing and product recipes represents a plant’s biggest challenge and greatest opportunity for competitive advantage. After all, efficiency and uniformity impact yield and ultimately R.O.I. Now, you can integrate recipe management and the manufacturing process with FlexBatch®.

December 21, 2010

TotalVision® provides an unparalleled display of real time process information. Custom graphics, built using dynamic objects from our extensive library, make it easy for the operator to control the process, enter information, and interact with sequence programs.

December 21, 2010

The D/3® USB Keyboard is an environmentally hardened operator’s keyboard with keys dedicated to process control functions. It communicates at 12 mbps via an available USB 1.0/2.0 port on an OCM, DCM or CDCM.

December 21, 2010

The D/3® Distributed Control System (DCS) includes a powerful and flexible Alarm Management capability that focuses the operator on the most critical portions of the process needing attention.

December 20, 2010

Configuring the D/3® Distributed Control System (DCS) using D/3 Windows configuration utilities is easier than ever. Configuration is mostly a matter of selecting the appropriate options by checking boxes and selecting from pull-down lists.

December 20, 2010

The D/3® Process Control Module (PCM) is a real-time, microprocessor based computer that provides distributed automation and control capabilities for continuous and batch process plant operations. The PCM 4200 is form-factor compatible with earlier cabinets and provides an upgrade path for PCM I, PCM II, PCM III, and PCM 2000 micros.

December 10, 2010

Control of batch manufacturing and product recipes represents a plant’s biggest challenge and greatest opportunity for competitive advantage. After all, efficiency and uniformity impact yield and ultimately R.O.I. Now, you can integrate recipe management and the manufacturing process with FlexBatch®.

November 17, 2010

TotalVision® provides an unparalleled display of real time process information. Custom graphics, built using dynamic objects from our extensive library, make it easy for the operator to control the process, enter information, and interact with sequence programs.

November 17, 2010

NovaTech Conductor™ Energy Asset Management Solutions (EAMS) allow an enterprise to make informed decisions relating to energy costs, asset life, and emissions goals with a common, real-time and variable data set. Using Advanced Process Control, plant operations can move closer to ideal set points without compromising safety or quality.

August 4, 2010

This guide offers a ―best-practices approach to PID controller tuning. What is meant by a ―best-practices approach? Basically, this guide shares a simplified and repeatable procedure for analyzing the dynamics of a process and for determining appropriate model and tuning parameters.

February 28, 2010

The expansion of the Ethanol and Biofuels industry is a welcome trend in energy diversity, and brings with it an equally strong demand for qualified plant operators, technicians and management personnel. The NovaTech Ethanol Training Simulator (NETS) is a state-of-the-art process simulation of a working ethanol plant intended to help Ethanol producers and academic institutions familiarize operators with the real-time dynamics and process fundamentals of dry mill ethanol plant processes
in a classroom environment.

September 25, 2009

With the release of the D/3® Ethernet Multi-Protocol Controller (EMPC2) interface in version 12.2-3, Ethernet I/O has quickly become one of the most popular D/3® interfaces. This interface is used to communicate with NovaTech’s 8000 I/O and many common PLCs.

August 24, 2009

The D/3® Process Control Module (PCM) is a real-time, microprocessor based computer that provides distributed automation and control capabilities for continuous and batch process plant operations…

April 16, 2009

The D/3® Process Control Module (PCM) is a real-time, microprocessor based computer that provides distributed automation and control capabilities for continuous and batch process plant operations. The PCM 4200 is form-factor compatible with earlier cabinets and provides an upgrade path for PCM I, PCM II, PCM III, and PCM 2000 micros.

April 1, 2008

Configuring the D/3® Distributed Control System (DCS) using D/3 Windows configuration utilities is easier than ever. Configuration is mostly a matter of selecting the appropriate options by checking boxes and selecting from pull-down lists.

April 1, 2008

D/3® is a leading-edge Distributed Control System (DCS) that incorporates a full suite of intuitive software tools designed to improve product quality, maximize throughput and increase profits for process manufacturing companies. Featuring a flexible, open architecture and the familiar Microsoft Windows environment, D/3 is easy to use, maintain and configure—saving both time and money.

April 1, 2008

The D/3® Distributed Control System (DCS) is a completely scalable solution to meet your current and future process control needs. NovaTech D/3 products are currently employed by customers with as few as 50 and as many as 40,000 tags — with room to grow to over 100,000 tags. The D/3 consists of four major components: OCMs, DCMs, PCMs, and I/O.

April 1, 2008

Control of batch manufacturing and product recipes represents a plant’s biggest challenge and greatest opportunity for competitive advantage. After all, efficiency and uniformity impact yield and ultimately R.O.I. Now, you can integrate recipe management and the manufacturing process with FlexBatch®.

April 1, 2008

The D/3® Distributed Control System (DCS) includes a powerful and flexible Alarm Management capability that focuses the operator on the most critical portions of the process needing attention.

April 1, 2008

Paperless Procedures™ (PLP) is a patented software product and methodology that simplifies the creation , execution, and maintenance of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) across the entire process enterprise.

April 1, 2008

TotalVision® provides an unparalleled display of real time process information. Custom graphics, built using dynamic objects from our extensive library, make it easy for the operator to control the process, enter information, and interact with sequence programs.

April 1, 2008

The D/3® USB Keyboard is an environmentally hardened operator’s keyboard with keys dedicated to process control functions. It communicates at 12 mbps via an available USB 1.0/2.0 port on an OCM, DCM or CDCM.

April 1, 2008

The full catalog of NovaTech’s 8000 Series I/Os. The 8000 Series is the remote I/O family native to the D/3® Distributed Control System (DCS). It is the preferred I/O for new installations and it can replace the older NovaTech 16000 series I/O in existing PCM cabinets, using existing field wiring connected to new termination panels with existing connectors.

June 1, 2007

July 9, 2012

D/3 manages monorail and feeding systems, mixers, and extruders implemented in FCP packaging area.

July 9, 2012

March 28, 2011

October 14, 2011

August 1, 2012

August 20, 2014

May 4, 2015

May 4, 2015

During the 2016 ARC Forum in Orlando, FL, NovaTech customer Emilio Paramo, Manager of Systems and Telecommunications for DAK Americas – Mexico, presented a case on aging control systems and improving business performance through innovative solutions.

February 5, 2016