About American Process Inc.

apiMAX™

apiMAX™ is a user-friendly simulation software package for process modeling extensively used in the pulp and paper industry.

Features

• User-friendly interface
• Process flowsheets are easily constructed using drag and drop from standard libraries
• Includes a broad range of pulp and paper, biorefinery, and energy equipment
• Open environment- allows easy creation of additional equipment by user
• Can be easily used for energy and material balance of simple or detailed process engineering projects
• The basic pulp and paper version is free for clients and academic institutions, competitively priced for other entities. The biorefinery version is competitively priced for all users; our clients enjoy unlimited number of users per site license.

Energy Targetter™

Energy Targetter™ is a daily operating tool designed to monitor mill’s overall and departmental energy performance on a daily basis.

• Provides a quick and clear comparison between mill wide actual energy performance and the target energy performance.
• Identifies on a daily basis the departments that deviate from targets by comparing actual departmental performance with target values using Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
• Identifies on a daily basis the Key Energy Parameters (KEPs) that deviate from centerline values and the operator can change to effect improvement.

*Targets are computed using neural network models that take into account all seasonal ambient conditions and departmental production so that at any time it is a true image of the mill energy consumption, calibrated for all operating conditions . Energy Targetter™ undergoes annual update in order to evaluate and improve the models and to make changes in the Mill Report if necessary.

Energy Targetter - Mill Report:

• Identify creep in time, to improove energy usage
• Identify source of problems (95%)
• Use to track performance of energy projects and changes
• Replace daily energy report

Features

• predefined and custom graphs (trend graphs, diagnostic graphs)
• alarms with highly customizable alarm levels
• ability to export the daily mill report to MS Excel or web page
• automatically send alarms and daily reports by email to configurable recipients
• automatically load data from the mill's MIS system using an intermediate MS Excel file
• client-server configuration (multiple client applications in the mill can connect to one Energy Targetter - Mill Report server)

The Energy Targetter™ will help operators, shift supervisors, and managers track energy from unit operations to overall mill usage, and avoid energy usage creep.

Software Development

American Process Inc. has built its software development strength with a zero defect mindset, while targeting maximum performance. Maximizing software quality drove American Process Inc. to build its software development capabilities on three concepts: the team, methodology, and the skill matrix to support them.

The Team

One of the most important things that drive the development process employed by American Process Inc. is the team, and the way it works on a project. American Process Inc. has a proven team model but flexible enough to be changed according to the client’s needs. The Project Team is subdivided according to specific task and responsibilities as follows:

• Project Management
• Development
• Testing
• User Education
• Logistics Management

Methodology

The American Process Inc. software development framework relies on Rational Unified Process. This is an incremental and iterative process aiming to achieve increments in development through smaller and controllable iterations. The software development framework divides the project lifecycle into several phases, every phase having clear goals and metrics, deliverables and responsibility.

Skills

• Programming Languages: C#, VB.NET, C/C++, Java, Visual Basic
• Script Languages & Web: ASP.NET, Java Script, VB Script, Php, Perl
• Markup Languages: HTML, DHTML, XML/XSL, WML
• Databases: Microsoft SQL Server, Mysql, Informix, Oracle, DB2, Paradox, Sybase, Access
• Operating Systems: Windows Vista, Windows 2003, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Linux
• Networks: Windows NT Server, Windows 2000 Server, TCP/IP
• Programming Technologies: Web, Microsoft, Java
• Development Tools: Visual Studio .NET, MS Visual C++, Crystal Reports, Reporting Services
• Application Design: Web sites, Standalone applications, Distributed applications, Databases
• Security (Encryption Techniques)