'Experion LS offers the best of both worlds. 'Smaller manufacturing operations tell us they need DCS functionality, such as system reliability and greater flexibility, that PLCs can't offer, but many leading DCS systems are just too big for their operations,' said Harsh Chitale, vice president of strategy and global marketing for Honeywell Process Solutions. It is especially critical today that manufacturers, processors, and OEMs leverage these technologies in face of their unprecedented pressures to cut costs while simultaneously meeting increased regulations and sustainability objectives.' 'Experion LS appears to address these issues by being designed to be a DCS for the masses, one that can be specified, purchased, installed, and maintained in a scalable fashion by organizations that have not utilized DCS systems in the past. 'Many applications in the Food and Beverage, Specialty Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Life Science industries would benefit from the functionality of a DCS, but the installed base has been limited due to the perceptions of lack of scalability, great complexity and high costs,' said ARC Advisory Group analyst Craig Resnick. The easier configuration also enables faster and more-reliable changeovers, allowing operators to more easily modify batch recipes and increase production.

Because it requires less engineering effort to configure and is easier to maintain than a programmable logic controller (PLC) or large DCS, Experion LS can help plants save up to $20,000 per year in support per system. Scalable from a single PC and controller to multiple stations, Experion LS promotes plant reliability and flexibility while lowering lifecycle costs for smaller manufacturing sites.Įxperion LS is uniquely suited for smaller plants because it allows the manufacturer to better respond to market changes while offering robust process and batch control features.

Experion LS manages all continuous process control applications and optimizes batch and sequence-oriented applications typically found at specialty chemicals, pharmaceutical, food and beverage and consumer goods producers. Honeywell (NYSE:HON) introduced the Experion® LS control system that provides the power and reliability of a distributed control system (DCS) in a small and flexible solution.

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