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Q: Would PLC be suitable or a hybrid controller to control the temperature and air/fuel ratio of 12 zones of a continuous annealing furnace?

A: If the application involves the control of multiple temperatures and burners, some Distributed Control Systems offer an embedded model predictive controller that deals with the interactions between zones and offers opportunities for a built-in optimization.

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