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News Release from: Honeywell Industry Solutions | Subject: Asset Manager Release 310
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 11 April 2005
Asset management software upgraded
Asset Manager Release 310 is the first release developed in conjunction with Honeywell PKS Advantage Programme participants.
Honeywell has developed Asset Manager, Release 310, the first release developed in conjunction with Honeywell PKS Advantage Programme participants Asset Manager connects the right people across the supply chain to improve operational effectiveness and reduce maintenance costs
"Asset Manager is an important component of the Experion PKS platform, with a proven capability to help our customers improve operational efficiency and process and equipment reliability", said Paul Butler, Vice President of Technology for Honeywell Process Solutions.
"We are thrilled to enhance the product further with the help of our PKS Advantage Programme participants, who share our dedication to continuously innovating and improving open technologies".
Asset Manager is an integrated asset management component of Experion PKS.
Asset Manager identifies and analyses symptoms and faults from thousands of data points collected from plant systems, historians, field sensor networks and other plant databases.
It continuously and efficiently monitors, trouble-shoots and maintains Experion PKS control loops and field device assets, as well as the traditional process-based assets.
Building on previous versions of Asset Manager, the R310 release offers numerous benefits, including: reduction in scheduled and unscheduled downtime; energy and cost savings, thanks to greater equipment and process efficiencies; increased productivity; early detection of changes in asset performance; improved communication among specialists; and reduction of future process and equipment failures, thanks to root cause failure analysis capabilities.
The latest release includes many new features, such as automatic detection of PKS Advantage Programme Hart and Foundation Fieldbus devices.
Asset Manager automatically creates a database with relevant device, fault logic and remedial information, providing faster and more accurate device configuration within Asset Manager.
In addition, programme participants have identified common device symptoms and faults.
This combination delivers clearly focused troubleshooting and performance assessment capabilities to minimise process downtime.
Asset Manager also supports advanced symptom detection and signature analysis for select control valves.
Asset Manager reports device faults through Experion PKS, providing a common interface for asset management and process control.
This integration also provides a flexible and powerful infrastructure to manage open data from multiple OPC data sources.
Enhancements to the database field structure, the addition of a "builder" view and easy access to tools and functions via right-click menus make operators' work easier.
PKS Advantage is a Honeywell-sponsored, collaborative technology program that engages other best-in-class automation suppliers.
This programme enables Honeywell to deliver open, integrated process knowledge solutions using the field equipment, software and associated services customers deem most appropriate for their operations.
Programme participants include Dresser-Masoneilan, Endress+Hauser, Flowserve, Honeywell IM and C, Krohne, and Yokogawa.
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