PKS Advantage™ is a Honeywell-sponsored, collaborative marketing program that engages other best-in-class suppliers of automation components. This program enables Honeywell to deliver open, integrated process knowledge solutions using the field equipment, software and associated services customers deem most appropriate for their operations.
Program participants use open communications protocols to distribute, integrate and apply data and information throughout Honeywell’s Experion® Process Knowledge System (PKS). The results include improved asset availability and effectiveness, optimized process throughput and work processes, and lower costs of ownership, operations and maintenance.
The following companies participate in the PKS Advantage program:
Dresser-Masoneilan offers a wide variety of flow control valve solutions and services for oil refining and power generation applications. Founded in 1882, Dresser-Masoneilan has a long tradition of innovation and technology leadership. Today, the company has 25 manufacturing units around the world and is supported by an integrated network of sales offices. Its line of digital valve positioners and software features accurate control, universal mount architecture, and a scalable platform for hardware and firmware upgrades.
Endress+Hauser, a Swiss, family-owned company, is one of the world’s leading suppliers of industrial measurement instruments and automation solutions, Endress+Hauser works with Honeywell to deliver best-in-class instrumentation with best-in-class control systems to enhance field device performance and reduce the total cost of ownership. The PKS Advantage program integrates Endress+Hauser’s core competency in sensor technologies via fieldbus technologies to Honeywell’s advanced control system. Together, they deliver results to operation and maintenance personnel with valuable process and device information they can use to make better business decisions and improve plant operation.
Flowserve, the world's leading provider of fluid motion and control products and services, provides valves, digital positioners and flow accessories. Flowserve-Valtek, the company’s flow control division, is a highly respected brand in the chemical, power generation, oil and gas, petrochemical, refining, pulp and paper, food, pharmaceutical, mining and water industries. With more than 76 service centers in 29 countries, Flowserve’s Service Group offers an extensive collections of service and repair capabilities for fluid processing. Flowserve has partnered with Honeywell since the mid-1990s. Together, the two companies helped to pioneer the development of FOUNDATION Fieldbus with digital control valve positioners.
Honeywell Industrial Measurement and Control (IM&C), a group within Honeywell Process Solutions, provides a full portfolio of industrial process measurement and control products, including controllers, recorders, actuators, hybrid systems, analytical instruments, as well as smart temperature, pressure, multivariable and wireless transmitters. Honeywell’s Lifetime Transmitters deliver industry-leading accuracy, stability, reliability, and rangeability. Integration with platforms such as Experion PKS and Asset Manager helps users predict maintenance needs. Thanks to Honeywell’s comprehensive support, IM&C also helps ensure customers receive the lowest total cost of ownership.
Krohne, an industry leader in oil and gas flow measurement, provides a variety of solutions for custody transfer, loading, leak detection and storage management. With 13 production facilities worldwide and a large network of sales offices and representatives, Krohne provides front-line service and support for end users and contractors alike. Krohne’s continuous innovation, extensive experience and dedication has resulted in a comprehensive portfolio of system solutions that meet the unique requirements and demands of multiple branches of industry.
Metso Automation specializes in valves, automation and information management application networks and systems, in addition to lifecycle services for the process industry. The Neles product line's control, on-off and ESD valves, accessories, intelligent devices and software products offer innovative, yet fundamentally simple construction, operation and maintenance features to optimize process performance at the lowest cost.
Yokogawa Field Instruments, a business unit of Yokogawa Electric Corporation, is a leading global supplier of automation control solutions. Founded in 1915, Yokogawa has 91 affiliates in 28 countries and offers a wide range of transmitter product lines featuring sensing technologies. Yokogawa's spectral signal processing technology, used in vortex flow meters, is an example of measurement technology breakthrough. Yokogawa is the global leader in vortex flowmeter technology featuring an enhanced architecture that provides improved vibration resistance, low-flow stability, self-diagnostics and accuracy.
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