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Honeywell says its newest PLC dramatically reduces integration costs for industrial plants

Honeywell Process Solutions has launched the latest version of its ControlEdge Programmable Logic Controller.

This release, combined with Honeywell’s Experion distributed control system, provides a “significant reduction” in integration efforts and project costs as well as increased security and availability through enhanced cyber security for industrial facilities, says the company.

The PLC is used in a variety of balance of plant applications, such as equipment and device level control. 

It is part of the ControlEdge next generation family of controllers offering unprecedented, secure connectivity through all levels of process and business operations.

Experion and ControlEdge PLC leverage a common Human Machine Interface platform, provide faster field device commissioning, and improve device diagnostics.

Andrew D’Amelio, vice president and general manager of HPS’ process measurement and control business, says: “Aside from greatly reducing integration costs when combined with Experion, ControlEdge PLC minimizes downtime through unified support, further decreases risk through embedded cyber security, and lowers total cost of ownership through an extended system lifecycle.

“With this newest release, we emphasize our commitment to rapidly evolve this platform to cover more applications and bring additional value to users.”

The PLC is being offered to end users, original equipment manufacturers, and engineering, procurement and construction companies, particularly those in global refining, oil and gas, power, chemical, water management industries, and infrastructure applications.

Andrew Brodie, HPS global marketing leader, controls, says: “Our customers benefit from seamless integration of a DCS with PLC, RTU, field device asset management, and a new HMI panel PC.

“Only Honeywell can serve as a single vendor for all these automation needs.”

ControlEdge PLC provides an IIoT-ready open platform that uses OPC Unified Architecture as a communication protocol and enables users to better leverage data across their assets.

Honeywell’s IIoT portfolio of technologies is bundled in Honeywell Connected Plant, which combines Honeywell’s unmatched industrial expertise, software and cloud technologies to make customers’ operations more reliable, profitable and secure than ever before possible.

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