Measured too late or not at all
Quality, moisture, concentration or state is known only after the lab or the next inspection, so the process is corrected after the fact. Often it can be computed continuously from the signals that are already there.
Fixed-price remote diagnosis
For plants, machines and products where something important is only known late, adjusted by hand or run with a large safety margin — in process industry, food and beverages, energy, machine building and anything that flies. In five working days the diagnosis answers whether a computational model of your process solves it, what it would bring and what it would take.
Book a free 30-minute callEUR 4,500 fixed price · 5 working days · remote
A small first step
A clear answer before anyone commits to a project
You already see the symptom: a lab value that comes too late, a batch corrected twice, energy spent on margin, a schedule made by feel, a new machine that does not behave like the old one. What is not yet clear is whether the cause lies in the measurement, the model, the control or the way the plant is run.
The work is remote, fixed in scope and deliberately narrow. I look at the data you already have, separate the real cause from the noise and say plainly what the next step is — or that there is none worth paying for.
The package
Not a generic report: a fast, technically sound answer to one question that matters to you.
Duration 5 working days
Price EUR 4,500 net, fixed
You receive One-page summary for management, technical report, results meeting
Availability On request — the free first call can be booked any time
Who does the diagnosis
Dr. Rafał Noga, control and optimisation since 2007 – helium cooling at CERN, wind turbines at IAV, flight automation at SkySails. Case studies
What you can expect
A good fit when
An important quantity is measured only in the lab or not at all (moisture, viscosity, fill level, gas quality, wear); the plant is adjusted by hand or run with a safety margin because nobody knows its state exactly; energy prices, storage and orders change the best way to run it every day; a new plant, machine or product generation asks more than the proven concept delivers; or the know-how sits with a single person.
What I look at
The data you already have: measurement logs, lab values, setpoints and alarms, recipes or schedules, drawings and the existing control. Then the question which quantities can be computed from these data, and where measurement, model or control set the limit.
What you receive
A one-page summary for management, a technical report for your team and a results meeting. The report answers: does a computed measurement, a better control or an optimised way of running pay off here, roughly what would it bring, what are the risks, and what effort would follow.
Typical outcome
A clear decision: carry on with small changes, improve measurement and data first, build a model or a control as a project — freelance or through temporary agency work — or leave it, because it does not pay.
Not a fit when
no operating data exist or only a device needs replacing.
How the order works
- Fixed price EUR 4,500 net, 50 % at start, 50 % on delivery
- Mutual non-disclosure agreement before any data exchange
- You provide existing logs, lab values and drawings
Typical starting points
Run with a margin
Extra time, temperature, energy or fill quantity is added to be safe. The margin costs every day; a model that knows the state lets you take most of it back without risk.
Planned by hand
Batch order, energy schedule, storage, routes or shifts are planned by experience. With prices and orders changing daily, numerical optimisation finds the cheaper plan within all limits.
New demands, old concept
A new plant, machine or aircraft, other raw materials, tighter specifications or new rules — and what worked before is no longer enough.
Is the diagnosis the right first step for you?
Bring the situation, the plant or product and the main symptom. A short call usually settles whether it fits.
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