Honeywell opens shop for OneWireless
July 2007
Fieldbus & Industrial Networking
Honeywell has announced that OneWireless - the company's universal industrial wireless mesh network solution - is available for purchase. OneWireless has been developed to help improve plant safety, reliability and efficiency with a scalable wireless infrastructure that supports wireless-enabled devices in strategic locations throughout a facility. The universal network supports multiple industrial protocols and applications simultaneously, providing a single wireless network for ease of management and efficiency of operation.
Scalable to 30 000 devices, OneWireless supports existing Honeywell XYR 5000 wireless transmitters, which started shipping in 2004 and are now installed at more than 500 industrial sites, as well as the company's new line of XYR 6000 transmitters, which includes corrosion, gauge pressure, differential pressure, high-level analogue input and temperature transmitters. The solution also supports wired transmitters, mobile worker devices such as IntelaTrac PKS and Mobile Station, and standard Wi-Fi and Ethernet clients. The open, standards-based infrastructure allows manufacturers to take advantage of new applications as they become available.
Honeywell has implemented field trials of OneWireless at multiple sites, including Nucor Steel Tuscaloosa in Alabama where the OneWireless network is configured with wireless temperature and pressure sensors to improve the efficiency of several steel-manufacturing processes. The pressure sensors, for example, enable operators to measure air filtration system performance and schedule maintenance only as needed. This leads to more efficient maintenance and less downtime.
Nucor also uses the technology in its 'bag house', a building which filters air from the steel-making process to eliminate potentially harmful substances. The differential pressure transmitters monitor the bags to determine when they need cleaning.
"The key to enhancing plant value is taking critical process information and making it readily available throughout the facility," said Jack Bolick, Honeywell Process Solutions president. "OneWireless integrates process information into plant systems and applications. It is truly the only wireless network a plant needs."
For more information contact Julie Ann Brown, Honeywell SA, +27 (0)11 695 8000, julieann.brown@honeywell.com, www.honeywell.co.za
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