The immersive virtual reality plant
17 September, 2010Leveraging virtual reality models to improve time-to-competency in critical areas such as safety and environment protection systems, knowledge and performance training, and reliability provides a vehicle to rapidly train new operators.
ExperTune’s PlantTriage control system monitoring software
20 July, 2010 byExperTune’s PlantTriage control system monitoring software now has several additional tools to provide more specific performance metrics and diagnostics for each control loop component: the instrument, the valve and the controller.
Honeywell Field Advisor software
22 June, 2010 byHoneywell has released Field Advisor software. Based on technology acquired from Shell Global Solutions in December 2009, the software helps plants to reduce costly emergency work and unplanned shutdowns by allowing mobile operators to more easily rectify problems in the field, before they escalate and result in equipment failure.
Wonderware IntelaTrac 4.0 workforce management system
17 May, 2010 byInvensys Operations Management has announced the availability of an updated version of its Wonderware IntelaTrac mobile workforce management and decision-support system.
ExperTune PlantTriage version 9
15 January, 2010 byExperTune’s PlantTriage version 9 now allows an engineer or technician to tune over 50 control loops a day. PlantTriage identifies loops to be tuned and gives the best PID values and before-and-after simulations quickly confirm the settings.
Proficy SmartStart Manufacturing Energy Management Solution
15 January, 2010 byGE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms has announced the availability of the Proficy SmartStart Manufacturing Energy Management Solution, a packaged software and services solution that offers a low-risk approach to energy savings within manufacturing. Providing insight into energy usage, the application is designed to help users reduce energy costs, improve production planning, identify sources of energy waste and drive energy management best practices, while correlating energy costs with manufacturing production.
Invensys Avantis.PRO enterprise asset management software
15 January, 2010 byInvensys Operations Management has announced that its Avantis.PRO enterprise asset management (EAM) software is now more tightly integrated with Microsoft Dynamics AX enterprise resource planning (ERP) software. The integration of these software packages is claimed to provide a powerful, easy-to-use solution that ensures financial and enterprise-planning decisions are made using timely, reliable information about the health and operation of all assets within a manufacturing facility or organisation.
Wonderware Corporate Energy Management Application
13 November, 2009 byInvensys Operations Management has introduced the Wonderware Corporate Energy Management Application, designed to enable manufacturing and industrial automation customers to implement an energy management program and achieve sustainability goals.
Open asset management with FDT: the core of a ‘smart’ process plant
30 October, 2009Field Device Type (FDT) technology remains one of the automation industry’s best-kept secrets. In spite of this, it is rapidly gaining market acceptance by simplifying the digital communication between a plant’s field devices and its control environment. It is at the heart of a ‘smart’ plant’s IT infrastructure and can deliver major cost savings to the plant’s operations.
Socially interactive devices: Have you talked to your device lately?
04 September, 2009 by John DuBay, ABB Process Automation, Asset Management ServicesAs well as being a source of information, the internet allows people to interact on a social level. Social internet-based environments have many powerful applications that can be utilised to service equipment in the industrial sector.
Online support saves OneSteel time and money
13 August, 2009As part of its Solution Enhancement Support Program (SESP), OneSteel implemented a secure, online connection to Honeywell’s global technical assistance centre (TAC) support team enabling faster and more accurate problem identification and resolution.
Internet-based remote asset management system
30 July, 2009Camvnet (Control and Monitoring Via the Net) is an internet-based remote asset management system with process control applications.
Eco-footprint management tool
09 June, 2009 byIFS has launched its Eco-footprint Management tool to provide organisations with control and transparency on the environmental impact of their operations. The tool offers customers an enterprise standard methodology to help them control costs and meet the need to prepare for compliance with environmental legislation.
Why use software for calibration management?
30 April, 2009Every plant has some sort of system in place for managing calibration operations and data, but the different methods for doing it vary greatly in terms of cost, quality, efficiency and accuracy of data.
Plant interaction hotspot tool
14 March, 2009 byExperTune’s PlantTriage software now includes a tool that graphically highlights plant interactions. Using the Interaction Hot Spots tool, engineers can quickly pinpoint the root cause of process interactions. Engineers can resolve these upsets to improve quality, energy, production rate and process uptime.
