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Honeywell Real-Time Locator for Manufacturing

June 12, 2007  - By
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Honeywell this week introduced its Honeywell Instant Location System (HILS), a real-time asset management application that integrates a number of technologies, such as Ultra-Wideband, GPS, Wi Fi and RFID, with Honeywell’s process automation system, Experion Process Knowledge System.

Installed at locations throughout a facility, receivers can pinpoint the location of an employee or piece of equipment and send the information to the HILS server, which directly feeds the information to the operator’s workstation, according to Honeywell. The receivers can transmit data wirelessly using Honeywell’s OneWireless network.

One of the system’s major selling points is safety, the company says. Within seconds of a major plant incident, HILS can track employees and visitors through personal tags attached to their clothing and generate real-time mustering reports. These reports allow emergency responders to quickly obtain accurate head counts and locate missing or injured employees, according to Honeywell.

Integrated with Experion, HILS can use equipment and personnel geo-location information to improve plant safety as well, the company says. For example, HILS can use interlocks to ensure dangerous procedures are only executed when personnel are a safe distance from a process unit or machinery.

“This is the first real-time location system designed with the process industry environment in mind,” Jack Bolick, Honeywell Process Solutions president, said in a statement. “Integrating this technology with the control system produces a solution that gives manufacturers even greater awareness of what’s happening in their facilities. That awareness leads to safer and more efficient operations.”

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