About Trident

Trident Automation is an independent professional services company specializing in process control technology solutions that deliver increased productivity, high reliability and measurable cost savings. We focus on a core set of process industries and systems. This allows us to maintain a high level of expertise for our customers and in the systems we provide. Trident prides itself on providing innovative and robust solutions that excel in ease of use for operators, engineers and technicians. Trident strives to provide as much knowledge to our customers as possible. We believe in providing systems our customers can maintain themselves and being available when additional assistance is needed.

We’ll be back at FEW 2009!

May 29, 2009

This year, the Fuel Ethanol Workshop takes place June 15 – 18 at Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Colorado, USA.  Our booth number is 1323.  As last year, Trident will have several engineers available to answer questions or give demos on actual systems.   Come see our new KPI Module as well as our enhanced Lab Module, SievePAC, and reports package.  We will also show migration and upgrade solutions for your existing control hardware and software.  Demos of Siemens PCS7, Siemens APACS, APACS OS, InVision HMI, InSight HMI, Lab Module, KPI Module, Wonderwares Historian, Microsoft SQL Reporting Services, and excel reports are available on request.  We look forward to talking with you about your site and how Trident can help you achieve your goals.  Stop by and check us out!

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New Schedule for Lab Module

May 11, 2009

We have developed a new scheduling report for the Lab Module. This new report allows you to view all of the estimated times that HPLC readings should be taken for the day. The report allows you to pick a day, or by default ,shows the current day’s readings. The report is based off of the start times of your batches, but can be configured differently if needed.

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Trident begins Migrating Sigma Aldrich’s MycroAdvantage DCS to APACS OS

April 23, 2009

Trident Automation begins migrating Sigma Aldrich’s APACS/MycroAdvantage DCS to Siemens PCS7 APACS OS. All existing I/O modules and field connections will be utilized.

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New Hourly Averages Report

April 11, 2009

We have developed a new 3 Hour Averages Report which calculates averages based on either 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, or 24 hour increments and you have the choice of a start date and end date. The report allows you to pick any tags from your DCS and the report will graph a trend of the values, as well as display the averages in a table. As with all of our reports, you can export this report into Excel, PDF, XML, CSV, TIFF, and HTML. Attached are some screenshots of the report.

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Foster Wheeler, Inc.

March 12, 2009

Programmed and installed a Wonderware InTouch 10.0 HMI for complete control of their package boiler using Siemens 353 stand alone controllers at the St. Paul facility.
Currently converting Moore 351 and 352 single loop controllers to Siemens 353 controls for the boilers at the University of Minnesota steam plant. In addition, Trident will integrate a new tuning interface to the DCS.

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Key Performance Indicators Module Beta to be installed at Big River Resources

March 10, 2009
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Over the next few months, Trident will be working with Big River Resources in West Burington, IA to put the finishing touches on our Key Performance Indictors (KPI) Module.  Once finished this module will be able to show at a glance, Profit/Loss Statements, Daily Inventories, KPI Report, Downtime Report, Current Rates and Yields, just to mention a few.

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New functionality in Lab Module

December 23, 2008

The Lab Module has new additional features.  You can now use the Lab Module for entering and keeping track of more data other than just your batches.  New functionality allows for custom forms to be added for entering data based on any other of your site’s forms.  D & E, Cook data, and Batch Ingredients are just a few ideas of forms, as any form can be added and customized to fit your needs.

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APACS OS

September 22, 2008

Trident Automation begins migrating Verasun Aurora’s ProcessSuite R5 DCS to Siemens APACS OS.

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New Version of Lab Data Module released today!

September 12, 2008

We have completed our newest version of the Lab Data Module.  It includes many updates, including several new features, allows for more customization of your readings and inputs. as well as adding additional inputs, and fixes other small issues found in the Lab Data Module.  Give us a call today to schedule a presentation to view our new Lab Data Module!

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Updates

August 20, 2008

We have added a new Careers section to our website.  Check out the new clicking the button in the top right!

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