Better technology turns resources into results. A standard distributed control system (DCS) solution only manages process. But, through Honeywell’s exclusive, breakthrough Experion® Process Knowledge System (PKS), we go further by unifying assets, process, and people to improve business agility. This proven, open, yet completely secure technology is built to scale, and helps manage everything from optimized yield to reduced maintenance costs by up to 30%. 

The Experion platform provides innovative technologies to get the most out of your plant and to connect safely and securely with your business network. 

Experion's latest releases demonstrate Honeywell’s commitment to innovation and investment protection with new features to enhance safety, reliability and performance, including:

• Embedded batch functionality, Batch Manager, covers all levels of ISA S88 sequence functionality in the controller for increased availability and throughput.
• Safety Manager integration at the controller level provides plant-wide SIS point data, diagnostics and system information, as well as alarms and events, operator displays and sequence of event information to any Experion station.This minimizes intervention and shutdowns, reduces hardware costs and allows plants to recover more easily from process upsets.
• Designed-vertical Series C I/O, delivering a smaller footprint and reducing installation and maintenance costs
• A new Control Firewall protects the control level from unwanted Ethernet messages
• Unique automated Experion Backup and Restore feature protects PC system data to quickly restore after a PC failure
• Procedural Operations integrates best practices for system startup and shutdown to improve operator performance

Key features:

• Seamless platform provides the foundation for integrating all process control and safety systems—including non-Honeywell systems—and automation software under a single, unified architecture.
• Extensive set of software applications capture and share deep process knowledge for better decision-making and improved business performance.
• Software applications and services built on, and informed by, research done by the ASM consortium.
• Collaborative decision-support tools help minimize disruptions and overcome abnormal situations.
• Platform fully integrates with previous Honeywell systems, including TotalPlant^® Solution (TPS), TDC 2000^®, TDC 3000^®, TotalPlant Alcont, PlantScape^®—and other suppliers' process automation systems.
• Integrated Safety Manager system unifies safety and control, providing increased safety, security, and system dependability.
• Microsoft.NET^® and Honeywell HMIWeb technologies provide a single facility-wide view.
• Interfaces with FOUNDATION™ fieldbus, HART, Profibus, DeviceNet, LON, ControlNet, and Interbus to optimize existing assets.
• Wireless solutions extend the reach of automation by providing mobile computing capabilities.