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    Evansville, Indiana 47715

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    About ECS Solutions

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    2616 Kotter Avenue
    Evansville, Indiana 47715
    USA
    http://www.ecssolutions.com
    (812) 479-5170

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    Siemens White Paper

    ECS was founded in 1977 to provide exclusively control and information system solutions. Due to the extensive maintenance background of our founder, we have always striven for high reliability. Over time ECS has expanded its capabilities while keeping quality and integrity as core values.

    Products & Press Releases

    Timothy S. Matheny, P.E., President, ECS Solutions
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    Manufacturing Digitalization That Works

    Timothy S. Matheny
    Nov. 11, 2019
    Though digitalization is a process that is often seen as great, the benefits are not the same for everyone. Asking how digitalization is going to benefit your organization may...
    Timothy S. Matheny, President, ECS Solutions
    Home

    The Advantages of an Agile Cleaning System

    Timothy S. Matheny
    Aug. 26, 2019
    There are many benefits to investing in an agile cleaning system. And though manufacturers may have to make an initial financial investment, the advantages that come along with...
    The Benefits of Batch Recipe Lifecycle Management
    Control

    The Benefits of Batch Recipe Lifecycle Management

    Timothy S. Matheny
    July 8, 2019
    It might seem appealing to use custom programming for recipe management, but that can come with problems. A batch management package can reduce risk and help get products to market...
    Tim Matheny, ECS Solutions
    Home

    Cooking to Kill

    Tim Matheny
    May 20, 2019
    Mathematical integration helps to achieve goal lethality more quickly and efficiently, producing safe, quality food products with shorter batch times.
    Tim Matheny, ECS Solutions
    Home

    Options for Dosing Genealogy

    Timothy S. Matheny
    April 8, 2019
    Calculating the history of ingredient materials in pharma or food and bev production environments requires balancing risk and cost to make the right assumptions.
    Tim Matheny, ECS Solutions
    IIoT

    The Clash in Manufacturing Digitalization

    Timothy S. Matheny
    Oct. 15, 2018
    Whether you decide on a single-source or best-of-breed approach, your digitalization system should be your own, providing the ability to expand and optimize.
    Tim Matheny, ECS Solutions
    Home

    Total Process Automation—The Profit Process

    Tim Matheny
    July 12, 2018
    Putting more focus on the process of making money rather than just making products will help your organization achieve higher quality, higher performance and higher profits.
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    Home

    The Most Annoying Question on Earth

    Tim Matheny
    April 5, 2018
    Why? Why? Why? Just because. Maybe we should be asking, ‘Why?’ more often.
    Tim Matheny, president of ECS Solutions Inc.
    Control

    The Case for Embedding Standards and Best Practices

    Tim Matheny
    Feb. 16, 2016
    Why should we keep industry standards, best practices, and experience in the hands of control system engineers? Why can’t we give a much wider group of practitioners the tools...
    Better batch processing was enabled with an ISA-88 based tool
    Software

    From Industrial Kitchen Revamp to S88-based Configuration Tool

    Renee Bassett
    May 30, 2013
    S88 Builder eliminates programming for batch device task development and enables recipe-based systems of all types. Here’s how one system integrator’s invention for helping themselves...

    Articles & News

    Rafael Zapata
    Control

    How to Tune Self-Regulating Loops

    Rafael Zapata, ECS Solutions
    Nov. 6, 2023
    Determining the variables needed for controller logic applications.
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    Digital Transformation

    A Single Entity View of the Entire Industrial Business

    Jordan Stoltz
    Sept. 25, 2023
    System integrators can help manufacturers benefit from the connectivity that technologies like Inductive Automation’s Vision and Perspective deliver across the entire enterprise...
    Rafael Zapata
    Control

    Know Your Loop Before You Tune It

    Rafael Zapata, ECS Solutions
    Aug. 7, 2023
    PID control algorithms do not exist in a vacuum. That’s why it’s important to consider numerous operational factors before tuning a control loop.
    Jeff Harpenau
    Control

    PlantPAx Proves Key to Processor’s Automation Upgrade

    Jeff Harpenau, ECS Solutions
    May 29, 2023
    Given the chemical processor’s complex system, integrator ECS Solutions used unmodified Rockwell Automation PlantPAx objects for the processor’s recent automation upgrade to allow...
    Randy Otto
    Design

    Integrate SCADA and Business Systems with Scripting Tools

    Randy Otto
    Feb. 6, 2023
    How the scripting libraries in Inductive Automation’s Ignition software make it easier to test functions and audit code to ensure standards compliance and make it easier to review...
    Randy Otto
    Control

    Web-Based HMI Proves Ready for Industrial Use

    Randy Otto
    Dec. 12, 2022
    With Inductive Automation’s Perspective module, companies can have access to all the web-functionality tools they want while also linking to legacy systems.
    Jordan Stoltz
    Analytics

    Dynamic Perspective Objects with Sepasoft's Batch Module

    Jordan Stoltz
    July 4, 2022
    By using the various tools in the Ignition toolbox, it is possible to create dynamic views that represent the ISA-88 objects of a process cell.
    Jordan Stoltz
    Analytics

    Implementation of a Data Pump with Ignition

    Jordan Stoltz
    May 23, 2022
    A “data pump” approach to historicizing data can be advantageous in batch operations that require highly detailed records be kept.
    Jordan Stoltz
    Analytics

    Inductive Automation Ignition Dataset Tags for Dashboards

    Jordan Stoltz
    March 7, 2022
    How ECS Solutions uses dataset tags—updated periodically by gateway timer scripts—in Ignition to drive graphics on dashboard displays.
    Randy Otto, CEO, ECS Solutions
    Communication

    Class-based Unit Coordination Utilizing Link Groups

    Randy Otto
    Nov. 15, 2021
    Take advantage of product functionality to coordinate activities between units.

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    Randy Otto, CEO, ECS Solutions
    Plant Maintenance

    Flexible and Modular CIP and SIP Automation Enables Continuous Improvements

    Randy Otto
    Nov. 1, 2021
    The ISA-88 and ISA-95 approach allows you to combine automated and manual operator activities required to perform consistent Clean-in-Place and Steam-in-Place processes in a procedural...
    Randy Otto, CEO, ECS Solutions
    Analytics

    Batch Forensics: The Case for Procedural Unit Tags

    Randy Otto
    Aug. 16, 2021
    Simple to implement, unit tags provide instrumental value that can enhance recipe editing capability and execution.
    Randy Otto, CEO, ECS Solutions
    Control

    Class Based Unit Synchronization, The Case For Link Groups

    Randy Otto
    June 21, 2021
    Minimize complex controller programming to coordinate activities between units by utilizing product functionality to create a class-based solution.
    Randy Otto, CEO, ECS Solutions
    Analytics

    Additional Report Parameters Enhance Process Performance

    Randy Otto
    April 19, 2021
    Looking to gain more insight into your company’s quality, cost, personnel, and energy activities to make more informed decisions? Start by contextualizing your data with parameters...
    Randy Otto, CEO, ECS Solutions
    Control

    Time(er) is on Your Side?

    Randy Otto
    March 2, 2021
    Frequently, we hear new and seasoned engineers say they do not use the FactoryTalk Batch (FTBatch) standard timers ($timer) because they cannot interact with them or can't tell...
    Timothy S. Matheny, P.E, President of ECS Solutions
    Plant Maintenance

    Batch Forensics – Dig Deep!

    Timothy S. Matheny
    Nov. 9, 2020
    Find out how using batch forensics can improve your automation process and equipment.
    Timothy S. Matheny, P.E., president, ECS Solutions
    Workforce

    Reducing Validation and Execution Efforts by Standardizing

    Timothy S. Matheny, P.E.
    Aug. 31, 2020
    Before development of a project begins, it’s important to have a full understanding of the best practices and standards associated with the system to avoid building from the ground...
    Timothy S. Matheny, P.E., president of ECS Solutions.
    Food safety

    The Importance of Material Tracing

    Timothy S. Matheny, P.E.
    July 27, 2020
    Traceability on a processing or production line is incredibly important, especially when it comes food products, where having the ability to track every ingredient down to the...
    Timothy S. Matheny, P.E., president of ECS Solutions.
    Cybersecurity

    Securing Your Intellectual Property

    Timothy S. Matheny, P.E.
    June 2, 2020
    Protecting an intellectual property is very important for many organizations, it is also the main target for hackers. Steps need to be taken in practically every part of the organizatio...