An uncomfortable observation in the Shift Logs and Process Control records of most aluminum smelting plants is that process control failures, large and small, happen every day. Although only a small fraction of these failures give rise to catastrophic events, the difference between a disaster we read about and a failure which, although expensive, h

Mark P. Taylor, John J. J. Chen, Brent Richmond Young

The Importance of Control. A Tour of the Plant. Welcome to Production. Industrial Accidents. A Potline Process Control Failure. Diagnosing Variation in Materials Processing. Understanding Potroom Processes. The Start of a New Culture. Reformulation of Potline Control. People, Process, and Plant. Better Decisions for Control. Accelerating Removal of Variation.