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Electrical systems
News Release from: Honeywell Control Systems | Subject: Loop Scout
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 24 July 2000
Pinpoint control loops with problems the
easy way
Honeywell has introduced Loop Scout, which provides a revolutionary and cost-effective means of testing process control loop performance.
Honeywell has introduced Loop Scout, which provides a revolutionary and cost-effective means of testing process control loop performance Loop Scout is a non-invasive solution that aids plant productivity and maintenance efficiency by pinpointing those loops with problems, suggesting improvements and allowing users to prioritise efforts and allocate resources for superior business performance
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 21 Sep 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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Improved control loop performance reduces energy consumption and enables constraints to be pushed harder, whilst improved disturbance rejection helps avoid abnormal situations and potential safety problems.
Loop Scout is a component of Honeywell Hi-Spec Solutions' @sset.MAX solutions for enabling operation of a plant closer to optimal conditions with increased availability and fewer incidents, resulting in superior business performance.
"Remote asset diagnosis is the way of the future," said Donald Schwanz, President of Honeywell Industrial Control.
"Loop Scout provides a fast and economical means of addressing poor control loop performance - a serious problem in industrial plants.
In fact, feedback from customers and analysts has shown that lack of maintenance typically makes two-thirds of all control loops disruptive or ineffective.
Loop Scout's ability to identify and prioritize control problems on a facility-wide basis allows plant personnel to quickly focus their resources on resolving the problems that have the largest impact on their business." Loop Scout's data collector software is freely downloadable over the Internet from www.hispec.com/loopscout or from the industry e-hub MyPlant.com at www.myplant.com/Public/MyToolKit/MyToolkit.asp.
Remote analysis of collected data is also available from Honeywell via the Internet.
Any manufacturing facility in the world using control loops can benefit from Loop Scout.
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