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Visualization for batch operations

Honeywell Process Solutions adds the ability for operators to see a comprehensive timeline of every task required to complete a product batch, including the ability to look ahead into future processes.

Honeywell Process streamlines batch manufacturing with new technology
Honeywell Process streamlines batch manufacturing with new technology

When it comes to controlling a batch, the process itself can be inefficient. It’s filled with stops and starts related to manual interventions, and there is no visibility into the next task in the sequence or an explanation for a delay.

In an effort to understand the user experience of a batch process, a team at Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) visited about 25 manufacturers around the world in different verticals, including pharmaceuticals, specialty chemicals and food and beverage, to talk to process control folks as well as to watch operators as they worked. The findings proved that batch manufacturing is a process that is constantly interrupted, causing operators to have to reorient themselves with each step. In addition, if something was held up, causing a step to take too long, there was no good way to troubleshoot what was happening before a complete bottleneck or a quality issue emerged.

“The three main findings,” said Chris Peters, Experion product manager at HPS, “were that they can’t plan activities, they don’t know when there is a delay and there is no good mechanism to troubleshoot. We needed to address the workflow, which is more than visualization.”

And the company did address this in the latest version of Experion Batch, announced at Interphex. Using patent-pending visualization technology, the approach provides operators with insights into upcoming events or potential delays that, according to the company, makes it easier for operators to conduct multiple tasks, take appropriate actions sooner and adjust next steps accordingly. It also makes operations less critically dependent on individual operator experience, which will help manufacturers overcome skill gaps at a time when more veteran operators are retiring.

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