INVENSYS Process Systems has introduced comprehensive alarm management Services for the I/A Series automation system from Foxboro .
Invensys can also provide these same high-quality services for many other vendors' distributed control systems (DCS).
This new service offering represents an important component within Invensys' expanding suite of Lifetime performance improvement services, which now also includes loop management and network security services.
These services work together to help customers maximise the performance of their installed distributed control systems and other automation assets.
Utilising best-in-class alarm diagnostic software, Invensys' process control specialists provide expert alarm rationalisation, re-engineering, and ongoing support services to help today's typically understaffed process plants achieve and maintain a high level of safety and regulatory compliance, without compromising either production or product quality.
Unlike most system vendor-provided services of this kind, Invensys' new Alarm management services are not limited to a single vendor's system offering. This enables companies to establish, implement, and maintain consistent alarm management philosophies and policies across a multi-vendor process manufacturing plant, complex, or global manufacturing base.
Utilising a three-phased approach, Invensys application engineers work closely with plant operators and engineers to identify, implement, and maintain alarm system improvements:
Phase 1 - Alarm System Performance Study and Report.
* Generate a baseline report of alarm system performance.
* Establish performance targets based on EEMUA (Engineering Equipment and Materials User Association) best practices.
* Recommend alarm system improvement methodology.
Phase 2 - Alarm System Performance Improvement.
* Develop alarm system philosophy.
* Perform alarm rationalization and implement alarm system changes.
* Develop HMI philosophy per human factors engineering and design specification and implement HMI modifications.
* Issue final report documenting actual alarm system performance improvements.
Phase 3 - Life cycle alarm maintenance.
* Invensys field service technicians maintain alarm system performance over time.
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