A process control strategy is proposed based upon the twin themes of statistical and automatic process control. The main categories of product fault are identified and related to the capabilities of statistical and automatic control. Statistical control is supported by process fault information from a process-specific fault tree analysis, which provides the basis for a corrective intervention protocol. Application is discussed in terms of fuzzy automatic control, which offers a greater generality than conventional automatic control modelling. Prior publications that fuzzify statistical control zones are arguably incomplete in the application of logic propositions and also in the identification of process faults. The present work proposes a general strategy, which may be adapted to specific processes. Both control by variables and control by attributes may be included within this treatment.
Reliability assessment of automatic process control systems for the production of concentrates of MD1 and MD2 nanostructures in terms of providing thermal vortex enrichment
