Honeywell HON Process
Solutions today announced the launch of LEAP(TM) project services to help
manufacturers in the processing industries get their plants up and running
faster and at lower cost.
LEAP combines Honeywell Process Solutions proprietary hardware and software,
virtualization and cloud engineering to give users greater scheduling
flexibility while reducing risk and total automation costs by up to 30
percent. Multiple industries can benefit from an estimated 80 percent
reduction in costs related from unnecessary rework. These features can also
help reduce avoidable schedule delays by up to 90 percent.
"Automation projects are increasingly difficult to manage -- especially as
implementations become larger and more complex while still needing to be
completed quickly and efficiently," said Vimal Kapur, president, Honeywell
Process Solutions. "LEAP turns project execution workflow on its head,
simplifying what has traditionally been a long and expensive process and
enabling measurable time and cost savings so plants can focus on the end
goal of getting up and running quickly."
The innovative approach is being featured this week at the 2014 Honeywell
Users Group Americas Symposium, the company's largest gathering of
industrial customers. More than 1,200 attendees, representing major oil and
gas refining, chemical, pulp and paper, and metals and mining companies,
among others, are attending the symposium in San Antonio, Texas.
LEAP represents a major departure from the way plants are typically designed
and built by using parallel workflows to keep automation systems off
critical implementation paths. Traditionally, sequential workflows call for
the automation and controls to be implemented during a specified timeframe
before the rest of the plant can be completed. This approach poses
challenges such as managing changes, which can affect all subsequent steps
of the implementation and threaten project schedules and budgets.
LEAP creates separate streams of work for the physical and functional
aspects of project design. This approach allows project engineering to take
place from anywhere in the world, and removes workflow dependencies to allow
core project tasks to start much earlier in the process. It also
dramatically minimizes the cost and volume of rework typically associated
with automation projects.
LEAP specifically combines three key core technologies available in
Honeywell's Experion PKS Orion:
-- Universal Channel Technology -- Honeywell's proprietary solution allows
instant remote configuration of channel types, standardized input/output
cabinets, reduction or elimination of marshalling cabinets and reduction
in equipment needed.
-- Virtualization -- Use of virtual machines in the control system removes
dependencies between the functional and physical design, enables
standardized server cabinets, reduces hardware requirements and delivers
corresponding savings in space, power, cooling and weight.
-- Cloud Engineering -- Engineering in a secure, centrally hosted cloud
environment allows project execution and testing anywhere in the world,
delivering improvements in collaboration and travel savings.
Honeywell Process Solutions (www.honeywellprocess.com) is a pioneer in
automation control, instrumentation and services for the oil and gas;
refining; pulp and paper; industrial power generation; chemicals and
petrochemicals; biofuels; life sciences; and metals, minerals and mining
industries. Process Solutions is part of Honeywell's Performance Materials
and Technologies strategic business group, which also includes UOP, a
leading international supplier and licensor of process technology,
catalysts, adsorbents, equipment, and consulting services to the petroleum
refining, petrochemical, and gas processing industries.
Honeywell (www.honeywell.com) is a Fortune 100 diversified technology and
manufacturing leader, serving customers worldwide with aerospace products
and services; control technologies for buildings, homes and industry;
turbochargers; and performance materials. Based in Morris Township, N.J.,
Honeywell's shares are traded on the New York, London, and Chicago Stock
Exchanges. For more news and information on Honeywell, please visit
www.honeywellnow.com.
Market News and Data brought to you by Benzinga APIs© 2024 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved.
Comments
Loading...
Posted In: NewsPress Releases
Benzinga simplifies the market for smarter investing
Trade confidently with insights and alerts from analyst ratings, free reports and breaking news that affects the stocks you care about.
Join Now: Free!
Already a member?Sign in