Custom Control Solutions

Woodward’s custom compressor control systems utilize field-proven hardware packages (MicroNet Plus, MicroNetTMR or the Flex500) and OEM-qualified algorithms to improve compressor train performance, reliability, and protection. These purpose-built controllers are customized to meet the control, protection, and decoupling functionality required for a specific application’s requirements.

Micronet TMR Controllers

MicroNet TMR’s superior architecture and diagnostic coverage combine to create a system with 99.999% availability and reliability. The MicroNet TMR can be applied as a component of protection and safety systems to allow the overall system to meet IEC61508 SIL-3 compliance standards.

VME controls with triple redundant to simplex configuration
Hot replacement modular I/O, CPU and power supplies design
Deterministic update as fast as 5 ms
SNTP compliant for time synchronization
Time stamping of events to 1 ms
Expandable with real time network (RTN)

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MicroNet Plus Controllers

Woodward’s MicroNet™ Plus customizable control system is a flexible, state-of-the-art system specifically designed for controlling gas and steam turbines. The MicroNet Plus control system provides a flexible platform to control any prime mover and its associated processes.

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Flex500

The new Flex500 is an industrial hardware platform that offers robust, low-cost control for a wide variety of turbine, engine, and compressor applications. The platform’s real-time operating system and dedicated inputs and outputs provide deterministic performance for key prime mover control functionality. Its 5.0 ms I/O scan times, high accuracy, and software program synchronization make it ideal for use in controlling and protecting critical high speed rotating equipment.

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