Expert Services

At Patronus LLC, our business is based on executing a few crucial activities exceedingly well.  We are not a one-stop shop for all our clients' process automation and control needs.  Our focus is on performing a few, very complex activities, expertly.  We specialize in providing superior services in the following core focus areas:

  1. Consult with manufacturers and systems integrators migrating from Provox to DeltaV process automation systems.
  2. Provide engineering services to process automation users and suppliers with Provox and DeltaV control system projects.
  3. Supplying validation services to pharmaceutical clients and systems integrators, supporting 21 CFR Part 11 compliance of process automated systems.


We also have considerable experience delivering these integral services as part of our core focus.

Engineering Services

  • Project Management
  • Process Engineering
  • Process Trouble-shooting
  • Budget Controls
  • Process Automation 
  • Process Controls
  • On-site Implementation Supervision
  • Process Modeling and Simulation
  • Control System Audits
  • Process Evaluation and Optimization
  • Instrument Database Management
  • Interlock Development and Management

 Integration Services

  • Process Review
  • User Requirement Specification (URS) development
  • Request For Proposal (RFP) development
  • Bid evaluation and Vendor Negotiation
  • Functional Specification (FS) development
  • Detail Design Specification (DDS) development
  • Provox Control System Configuration and Programming
  • DeltaV Control System Programming
  • Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT)
  • Site Acceptance Testing (SAT)
  • Field Device Startup and Commissioning
  • Unit Operation Startup and Commissioning
  • PI System Configuration
  • Change Control Management
Validation Services

 Development* and Execution of:

  • Master Validation Plan (MVP)
  • Protocol Validation Plans
  • Installation Qualification (IQ) Protocols
  • Operational Qualification (IQ) Protocols
  • Performance Qualification (PQ) Protocols
  • Protocol Summary Reports
*using the GAMP 4 model

 

Training Services

  • Overview and Process Specific Operator Training
  • Control System Training
  • Provox Training for Engineers
  • DeltaV Training for Engineers
  • Simulation Training
  • PI ProcessBook and Datalink Training
  • Computer Based Training Program Development
  • 21 CFR Part 11 Training