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Striving for synergy Rockwell Automation’s Twain Drewett on his new distribution strategy. Conversation 6
Knowledge crises Individual automation systems become more complex and integrated. Special Report 21
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OCTOBER 2011
VOL.64 NO.9
INSIDE THIS ISSUE OF: OFFICIAL MAGAZINE
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Opinion 10
Machine vision compliance Machine vision systems available with production management or MES technology provide end-toend traceability solutions. Case Study 25
Drives and hoists The Intimate Mode Hoisting System for unison lifting takes Melbourne’s Etihad Stadium to new heights. IICA News & Views 30
Learning opportunities The IICA offers a range of education and training options with the 2012 event calendar out this month.
BY KEVIN GOMEZ THIS year’s Honeywell Users Group (HUG) Symposium held in Fremantle, Western Australia attracted over 250 delegates from 11 countries in the Pacific region. Among the solutions announced at the HUG Symposium was the Remote Collaboration, Optimisation and Operations solution for companies that need to run a distributed network of operational centres. “As organisations grow, it becomes more important for them to work efficiently across different locations to meet growing production demands,” said Ian Brown, Vice President and General Manager, Advanced Solutions, Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS). Also launched was the availability of virtualisation support for Honeywell’s core product line, Experion Process Knowledge System for both DCS and SCADA applications. With the latest additions to its virtualisation portfolio, HPS stakes its claim to being the only process industry vendor to offer a comprehensive virtualisation solution. Asset Manager R400, part of Honeywell’s Reliability and Asset Management solutions, was released to the global market in June this year and was on show in the demo room. Asset Manager R400 enables seamless integration with both Honeywell and leading third-party applications, such as IBM Maximo, in order to enable easier decision making, maintain asset integrity and support operations reliability. Around 30 different product offerings were on display in the Demo Room. Here delegates could talk with experienced Honeywell staff assembled from key locations around the world and expe-
ON STAGE: Mark Zyskowski, Executive Vice President for Global Sales, HPS. rience the technology in action. Honeywell also used the occasion to reiterate long-term support for existing systems and its customers. The company has in fact committed to delivering the longest lifecycle of any platform on the market. “We demonstrated that with 30 to 40 years of life on our TDC systems,” said Jason Urso, Vice President, HPS. Honeywell’s Hiway Care program is designed for customer site needs and guarantees continued support up to 2020 or even later. “That’s nearly 50 years of life on Hiway equipment. Absolutely unprecedented in process control and almost unprecedented in the world of
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electronics,” said Urso who was given a dramatic Mission Impossible themed introduction to the event. Peter Grubnic, project manager, Global CCS Institute, offered delegates an interesting insight into carbon capture and storage. Offshore of Western Australia there are plans afoot to realise the construction and operation of the Gorgon CO2 Injection Project. The depth planned for storage of CO2 at the Gorgon Project is about 2 to 2.5 km. Remarked Grubnic, “It’s been worked out at lower, smaller scales. Not at a large scale.” www.honeywell.com