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.

Multi-Browser Support added to Lab Module

October 20, 2009

We are continuously working to make the Lab Module a better product for you by making improvements to the Lab Module system.  Our most recent addition to the Lab Module is the introduction of multi-browser support.  The Lab Module is now compatible with IE6, IE7, IE8, Mozilla Firefox 3.5, and Google Chrome.

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Ethanol DCS Lifecycle workshop

August 18, 2009

Trident Automation, along with Siemens, will be hosting an Ethanol DCS Lifecycle workshop.  We would like to invite you to attend an Ethanol DCS Lifecycle workshop in Mason City, IA on September 15th at the Holiday Inn. You will be able to see Siemens advances in both hardware and software technology (PCS7) as well as APACS migration solutions and current APACS hardware additions.

As the Siemens Bio-Fuels Solutions Partner, Trident Automation has had the opportunity to migrate several APACS customers to Siemens APACS+ OS. We will showcase an ethanol plant application we converted along with custom symbols we created for the standard APACS control objects (valves, motors, conveyors, loop controllers, ect.). In this migration, we were able to keep all the historical data and utilize the existing Allen Bradley interfaces to grains, methanator, centrifuges and RO. We believe it will be worth your time to come out and see how Siemens plans to maintain and grow your controls system investment. Please follow the link provided below to attend.

Thank you,

Who: Siemens Energy & Automation
Trident Automation, Inc.
What: Ethanol DCS Lifecycle Management Seminar
Where:
Holiday Inn
2101 4th St SW
Mason City, IA 50401
(641) 423-1640

When: September 15th
8:30 AM to 5:00 PM

Register: http://www.mysiemensevents.com/lists/applicationpages/registration.aspx?event=778

Thank you for your time. If you have any questions regarding the above, please call the office and ask for Jason Hurst, Don Jolly or Jerry Wenzel.

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4-Mation Password Reset

August 16, 2009

If you lost your Siemens APACS ACM password, Trident can help.  Please contact us at 920-759-7477 for more information.

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KPI Module brochure Published

August 12, 2009

We just published a brochure for the KPI Module system, so if you would like to take a look at it, you can view it by visiting http://www.tridentautomation.com/documents/KPIModule.pdf.

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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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http://www.fuelethanolworkshop.com/ema/DisplayPage.aspx?pageId=Expo_Map1
Booth 1323

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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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