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News Release from: Honeywell Specialty Materials | Subject: Experion PKS R300
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With the vertically designed hardware and enhanced software platform, the aim of the Experion PKS R300 is to deliver the maximum amount of performance in the minimum amount of space
With the vertically designed hardware and enhanced software platform, the aim of the Experion PKS R300 is to deliver the maximum amount of performance in the minimum amount of space The recent introduction of the Honeywell Experion Process Knowledge System (PKS) R300 brings some innovative design to its automation and control platform, first introduced to the market two years ago
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 2 Mar 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Additionally, it has a feature which Honeywell claims no other competitor offers in its control system: an automated back-up and restore product.
The release includes an integrated solution that automates complex procedures to improve operator efficiency, which is intended to increase uptime.
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The most striking feature of the Experion R300 introduction is the Series C process input-output (I/O) family.
Using a vertical design, Series C I/O delivers wiring, maintenance and cost savings.
Competitive systems are anywhere from five to 75 per cent larger, which means that the new vertical design can save end users a significant portion of control room build costs.
Control rooms are very expensive to build; US$7500 per square metre.
All of the modules, including the controllers, the firewalls, the I/O, and the Fieldbus interface modules, are housed in a "keyhole" shaped vertical packing concept unit design, which is slanted at 18 degrees to allow cool air to enter the bottom and exit from the top in such a way that it will not flow into the module that is mounted directly above it.
"One look at the new Experion controller and I/O design and you know it's the most efficient, logical approach to module design - and that there's nothing else like it on the market," said Paul Orzeske, vice president and general manager of Honeywell Process Solutions EMEA.
"We recently compared Experion R300 versus older technology at a customer site and found that we can increase flexibility and functionality and reduce the customer footprint by 34 per cent - very significant savings.
This new control hardware extends the benefits of the platform to our process knowledge system that has already proven itself at facilities worldwide".
Specifically, Orzeske says the Experion R300 platform delivers these incremental features: "An additional cyber security layer to Experion High Security Network Architecture, the Experion Control Firewall, further protects the controller network against message flooding and denial of service attacks.
A new "Backup and Restore" automated system provides automated disaster recovery - allowing customers to recover and restore their failed nodes in less than an hour as compared to days in some cases when manual back-up procedures are used.
This is significant because each hour a production line is down can cost a company as much as 25,000 euros an hour.
A new Experion Series C innovative I/O form factor that makes wiring installation and maintenance easier, helps reduce energy costs and delivers maximum performance in minimum space.
Enhanced procedural operations that help reduce shut-down and start-up incidents by capturing and implementing best work practices.
Traditionally, this knowledge is only needed occasionally, so it's easily forgotten, or it's leaving companies with a transitioning workforce".
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