John Forgac (Round Table Chair)1, Jerry O'Brien ( Round Table Presenter)2, Paul Nix (Roundtable Presenter)2, Son X. Huynh (Round Table Presenter)3, and Nicholas F. Urbanski (Round Table Presenter)4. (1) BP Naperville Campus, BP North American Products, MC 605-1E, 150 West Warrenville Road, Naperville, IL 60563-8460, (2) PDC Corporation, 903-D Medical Center Drive, Arlington, TX 76012, (3) Industrial Sector, IBM, 1475 Phoenixville Pike, West Chester, PA 19380, (4) Heat Transfer Research Inc., 150 Venture Drive, College Station, TX 77845
This round table discussion will focus on Smart Manufacturing Plants. Smart Plants prevent problems before they occur. Examples include unplanned shutdowns, environmental emissions, and unwanted safety events. Accurate real time plant data, obtained from critically important sensors and measurements, are the foundation of the Smart Plant. In addition to establishing current plant performance, these data are used in models to PREDICT future plant performance and events so PROACTIVE actions can be taken to PREVENT problems before they occur.