Headlines from Tuesday, May 24
Honeywell stands ready at edge of transition
Honeywell’s efficiency and sustainability contributions derive from solutions for process automation and optimization, emissions control and reduction, hydrogen production, and battery technologies. Ujjwal Kumar, president of Honeywell Process Solutions, along with Honeywell UOP's Andrea Bozzano and Bryan Glover shared some of the company's sustainability solutions and initiatives. Read more.
‘Elite athletes’ on journey to autonomous
“Industrial Autonomous is real. People are doing this today." Honeywell CTO Jason Urso outlines Honeywell's Industrial Autonomous mission to implement autonomous operations wherever feasible in order to capitalize on emerging digital tools to enable us to work more efficiently. Read more.
Honeywell takes lead on Net Zero initiatives
Honeywell has been tackling the fuel transition to renewable sources. Andrea Bozzano discussed what sustainable means for the larger Honeywell organization, and the several pathways to greenhouse gas emissions reduction the company is developing, including carbon capture and the real-time monitoring of emissions. Read more.
Controllers digitalize, surpass themselves
Honeywell's Jason Urso and Steven Roby walked users through the straightforward steps that have turned complicated migrations into on-process upgrades during the traditional technology update keynote at Honeywell Users Group 2022. Read more.
Experion HIVE takes sting out of digitalization
What does the future process control and automation system look like? Freedom, according to Honeywell's Michael Khilla and Jim Schreder, who shared innovations within the HIVE I/O and HIVE Control in the latest Experion Process Knowledge System (PKS) architecture at the Honeywell Users Group Americas 2022. Read more.
Headlines from Wednesday, May 25
Women in technology inspire diversity, culture change
At HUG Americas 2022, a diverse panel of women in technology discussed progress toward building a more representative and inclusive culture in the technical sector. They also suggested ways that we can all advance the cause. Read more.
Honeywell takes on workforce optimization 'in real life'
Honeywell's Pramesh Maheshwari, together with colleague Manas Dutta (right), discussed how the company's Workforce Excellence program enables safety, productivity, on-the-job assistance and compliance resulting in long-term sustainable business results. Read more.
Pandemic hinders, helps Chevron DCS migration
Despite setbacks, Rickie Ohiri and the rest of the Chevron project team at the company’s El Segundo refinery were able to successfully execute an ambitious system migration within a 72-hour window allowed by operations. Read more.
Georgia-Pacific eases migration path with ControlEdge UOCs
"You can use existing I/O and field wiring, which significantly reduces time and effort," said Georgia-Pacific's Jarmo Salimen, explaining the company's use of Honeywell's ControlEdge Unit Operations Controllers to readily replace dated PLCs and DCS controllers. Read more.
ExxonMobil saves time with automated device commissioning
Erik Phelps of ExxonMobil, together with Honeywell's Matt Wilmott, explained how Universal I/O can facilitate the automatic commissioning of field devices. A task that once required two technicians for an hour now takes five minutes. Read more.
Headlines from Thursday, May 26
Securing OT systems demands smart software, even smarter strategies
Honeywell's Jeff Zindel predicts an increase in malware attacks on control systems. Ransomware incidents will rise. The need to harden the broader process-control network will become more evident. Here's how Honeywell's OT Cybersecurity team is bringing the fight to cyberthreats. Read more.
Energy storage takes centerstage for Honeywell and customers
Onsite energy storage solutions can help cut greenhouse gas emissions and increase supply resilience and stability while reducing energy costs. Honeywell's Prudence Hoffman explained the broad range of flexible options available to industrial and commercial. Read more.
Alcoa puts its best foot out front with MES migration
"We have seven operating refineries, and we now have the same reliable and secure system in all of them." Alcoa's Geff Wood outlined the company's 20 year search for a satisfactory manufacturing execution system that ultimately landed them with Experion PKS and the Honeywell Forge Enterprise Data Management solution. Read more.
Migrate the methods, but save the smarts
"The complexity of our migration is not in the size of our facility, but in the amount of physical assets we need to migrate." Corteva's Al Llorens explain the companywide initiative to modernize batch control systems from an ageing, proprietary platform to Experion PKS. Read more.
Extensive planning key to control room re-siting at LyondellBasell
"We spent five or six years developing new drawings" LyondellBasell's Jeff Varner shared the intricate steps and attention to detail it took to relocate its control room, migrate its control systems and implement ARO at its Channelview, Texas, campus. Read more.
