Software balances process and safety system integration.
June 30, 2008 -
Integrated with Process Knowledge System, Safety Manager allows safety and process controllers to communicate with each other without depending on intermediate interfaces or compromising operations security. In sharing information between Safety Manager and Experion C300 process controller, system can provide plant-wide safety instrumented system point data, diagnostics, alarms and events, operator displays, and sequence of event information to any Experion station located in plant.
Honeywell's Updated Safety Manager Balances Process and Safety System Integration
Updated Platform Features Direct Communication Between Controllers to Improve Production, Recover More Easily From Process Upsets and Reduce Costs
PHOENIX, June 17, 2008 - Honeywell (NYSE:HON) has released an updated version of Safety Manager, the company's safety instrumented system (SIS) platform, that takes a unique approach to balancing the integration of process controls with critical safety systems. The latest version of Safety Manager, integrated with Honeywell's Experion' Process Knowledge System (PKS), allows safety and process controllers to directly communicate with each other without depending on intermediate interfaces such as PCs, and without compromising operations security or data integrity.
In sharing critical information between Safety Manager and the Experion C300 process controller, the system can provide plant-wide SIS point data, diagnostics and system information, as well as alarms and events, operator displays and sequence of event information to any Experion station located in a plant. This integration allows plants to improve production by minimizing intervention and shutdowns, and recover more easily from process upsets. It also reduces hardware and installation costs. Additionally, operators are not required to learn different systems for process control and SIS.
For example, sharing transmitter data can reduce the need for dedicated SIS transmitters for a particular safety instrumented function (SIF). In some cases, reducing the number of transmitters needed for an SIF can reduce the installation costs of the field sensor equipment by 30 percent, which can translate into more than $750,000 annual savings on an average process unit. This can also save on maintenance costs.
Additionally, Safety Manager can communicate a pre-shutdown alert to Experion to prevent a ripple effect in adjacent units that could negatively impact downstream production. This can reduce production losses and start up time once the problem is resolved.
"There have traditionally been two schools of thought when integrating safety systems with process control," said Scott Hillman, marketing director for Honeywell Process Solutions. "One side may integrate completely without taking proper precautions, while the other chooses to keep the systems entirely separate. The latest release of Safety Manager was designed with the best of both worlds combined into one."
For more information about Safety Manager and other Honeywell solutions that improve business performance, please visit www.honeywell.com/ps.
Honeywell International is a $37 billion diversified technology and manufacturing leader, serving customers worldwide with aerospace products and services; control technologies for buildings, homes and industry; automotive products; turbochargers; and specialty materials. Based in Morris Township, N.J., Honeywell's shares are traded on the New York, London and Chicago Stock Exchanges. For additional information, please visit www.honeywell.com. Honeywell Process Solutions is part of Honeywell's Automation and Control Solutions group, a global leader in providing product and service solutions that improve efficiency and profitability, support regulatory compliance, and maintain safe, comfortable environments in homes, buildings and industry. For more information about Process Solutions, access www.honeywell.com/ps.
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