Flexim FLUXUS F731 Non-intrusive Ultrasonic Liquid Flow Meter

Steam trap failures can significantly impact plant efficiency, safety, and operating costs. This blog will walk you through a four-step approach to improve steam trap operation using real-time monitoring, risk-based prioritization, and proactive maintenance strategies that reduce energy loss and enhance long-term system performance.

Spartan Controls' OnePlant™ solution revolutionizes industrial automation by eliminating integration complexities, providing seamless access to all plant data through Emerson’s DeltaV DCS, and enhancing operational efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

Global food demand is rising, and fertilizers—especially nitrogen and potash—are key to increasing crop yields. Western Canada is a major producer, supporting both local and global needs. Sustainable practices and technologies are essential to balance productivity with environmental care.

At Spartan Controls, we celebrate our volunteers during National Volunteer Week 2024, highlighting the remarkable contributions they have made to their communities through selfless acts of service. We recognize the importance of each volunteer's contribution and embrace the theme "Every Moment Matters" as we continue to create a brighter future together.

Canadian oil and gas companies are adopting sustainability initiatives like the Next Generation Wellpad Program, which uses innovative technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and eliminate methane venting, resulting in improved environmental outcomes and ESG leadership.

Advanced technologies such as level measurement, liquid analysis, flow measurement, pressure measurement, and wireless technology are crucial for improving operational efficiency and sustainability in water and wastewater applications, ensuring safe and clean water for communities.

Improved control and maximized production of high-value Natural Gas Liquids can significantly increase plant profitability by yielding a source of revenue.

Western Canada is pursuing Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) to meet emission reduction goals, facing challenges such as costs, integration, and training, which automation technologies like OnePlant and advanced measurement tools aim to address.

This paper introduces a benchmark challenge called the "Arc Loss Challenge." The challenge is designed to enhance the evaluation and comparison of learning algorithms and overall data preprocessing workflows for data-driven process monitoring, specifically focusing on fault detection and diagnosis in large-scale industrial operations, such as mining and pyrometallurgy.

Transmission and utility companies are using Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) to lower carbon intensity. Spartan Controls provides accurate RNG measurement and analysis using advanced devices and remote monitoring services, supporting the growth of sustainable energy.

SpartanPRO Hydrogen Blending solution offers a comprehensive and effective approach to blending hydrogen into natural gas distribution networks. It addresses the challenges associated with accurately measuring hydrogen concentrations, controlling the blending process, accommodating varying gas demands, ensuring safety with integral hydrogen flame and gas detection, and providing scalability for different applications.

The data used in higher level networks often lack resolution and information. Understanding the full capabilities of protection systems and instrumentation can unleash valuable information to further define models and system behavior.

The adoption of Industry 4.0, also known as the large-scale digitalization of industrial businesses, is rapidly changing the way industrial operations are run. This digital transformation has required significant investments from operating companies and their partners in operations technology and information technology.

A practical, experienced approach to advanced control in mineral processing. "The ability to shave even a few percentage points off total energy consumption per ton can result in huge increases to a facility's bottom line, along with substantial improvements to efficiency and sustainability."

Trucking is a vital part of the midstream segment that moves hydrocarbons and other chemicals throughout the supply network – it is critical that the product being transferred between facilities be properly and accurately accounted for. This post will discuss common challenges of truck loading and unloading applications and the Spartan Controls TruckVue™ solution.

Throughout the pandemic, we’ve seen a massive change in the timeline of drug development. One factor impacting the speed of drug manufacturing was our Principal, Emerson’s technology stack. This blog discusses how advanced automation allows life science companies to rapidly scale up and scale out safely and efficiently, while providing the required data to meet stringent regulatory requirements. Spartan Controls is ready and proud to partner with our life sciences Customers to enable the modern way of life.

This blog discusses the importance of the food and beverage industry in our modern world. The way food is produced, processed, distributed, consumed, and disposed of, has direct impacts on the lives of all Canadians. Spartan works with Western Canadian producers and processors across the entire value chain of the industry to be both efficient and competitive. Through our products and solutions, Spartan supports our Customers to drive product quality, product development and profitability, while lessening environmental impact and improving ESG performance.

Western Canada has one of the world’s largest natural gas reserves, and as a result, provides an abundance of low-cost feedstock for our petrochemical sector. Plastics of many types are produced and used worldwide in a variety of industries from this feedstock. Although these products are required and used by everybody, it is imperative that they are used responsibly and remain out of our environment and most importantly out of our waters. Spartan Controls has worked with our petrochemical Customers for over half a decade, providing innovative technology and solutions, to assist our Customers in ensuring a sustainable product that can be used by everyone around the globe.

This blog discusses the importance of the pulp and paper industry in our modern world. We rely heavily on the products that come from this industry in our day to day lives. Spartan is proud to work with and support the pulp and paper organizations in Western Canada with our industry specific products and services.

After 25 years of innovation, the DeltaV control system continues to deliver new capabilities while maintaining full support for its installed base. In this article, we will review the evolution of the DeltaV controllers over the last 20 years as well as discuss how the PK controller makes use of proven in use design features found in existing DeltaV hardware. DeltaV users have continually driven the need for increased controller capacity with ever evolving requirements. In addition to CPU performance and many hardware design features, PK controllers also deliver integrated Ethernet protocols for motors and drives, as well as data servers such as OPC UA. The PK controller family is a step change in DeltaV controller capabilities, and just one of the next generation deliverables available in Version 14.

Western Canada is home of the great Canadian Rockies and precious supply of water used to drive industry and hydrate a third of our population. Spartan Controls serves as a long standing partner across all water and wastewater industries in Western Canada. We work with our customers to achieve responsible and sustainable processes.

Power generation industry plays a central role in our modern society. Electricity has enabled the advance of technology and looks to become even more dominant in the future with increasing electrification in all sectors of our economy. As a short feature on this industry, we take a closer look at Power generation in the Western Canadian context and the role that Spartan Controls plays in supporting it.

Don’t let outdated operator interfaces be a barrier for your organization’s business objectives. Increasingly, we are being asked to prepare for the challenges of a changing digital workforce, remote work locations, and data portability. Empower intelligent decision-making through human-machine interface improvements while also optimizing the user experience and using technology to aggregate data before there is a demand for it. Here are some strategies to get that long overdue HMI overhaul off the ground.

There is tremendous business value, which can be generated with modern information technology and data science when applied to operational data, but the ‘digital plumbing’ required to manage this data cannot be overlooked. In Part 2 of this blog series, we look at approaches that are being commonly deployed to address these issues today.

Industrial data of all types is critical to the digital transformation and Industry 4.0 programs ongoing in the process industries. What has proven challenging for many organizations, is finding a scalable approach to the connectivity, consolidation and contextualization of these diverse operational technology (OT) data sets.

Liquid Pipeline Surge is caused when rapid changes in flow rate occur. These pressure surges can be generated by anything that causes the liquid velocity in the line to change quickly.

Spartan’s Modernization & Migration Solutions team will help you identify the most appropriate and cost-effective modernization plan for your site, utilizing the tools & technology to match your schedule, budget and plant standards.

The Water Distribution Industry is a complex, vital service Canadians depend on daily. Without the availability of reliable, fresh, clean potable water, our way of life would be altered significantly.

Sand removal is undoubtedly a large contributor to upstream oil and gas operational costs. Wells produce significant amounts of sand during the drilling and fracking process as well as during initial production and throughout the well’s lifecycle.