Honeywell launches Cheap Wireless Solutions for Terminal Operators

Intending to increase the productivity for oil and gas terminal operators all at a significantly lower cost than wired technology, Honeywell has introduced its new OneWireless Terminal Solution at the International Liquid Terminals Association’s (ITLA) 33rd annual conference and trade show.

Ray Rogowski, Global Marketing Director, Honeywell Process Solutions, said, “There is a constant pressure on terminal operators and owners to improve productivity, efficiency, safety and security with limited capital and operating budgets. The OneWireless Terminal Solution helps enable customers to achieve these goals within their budgets. In a competitive industry, terminal operators are investing in tank automation to meet new safety regulations as well as continuously looking for ways to manage costs. Wireless-enabled tank gauging is less expensive, at about half the cost of the wired alternative.”

OneWireless Terminal Solution includes ISA100-compatible Honeywell Enraf SmartRadar FlexLine which can be used as a data concentrator, collecting data from local tank instruments and sending the data wirelessly through the same ISA100 network.

Unlike competitive offerings, the network solution can implement Wi-Fi and ISA100 instrumentation coverage in a single network, realizing an additional 25% cost savings in material, installation and maintenance costs over other wireless solutions.

Honeywell invested early on in the OneWireless product suite to allow customers to focus on their primary business, rather than the technology. With this solution, users can seamlessly manage the data traffic across multiple solutions and multiple wireless standards.

The solution will be available in the third quarter of 2013, along with the ISA100 compatible version of SmartRadar FlexLine and OneWireless Network R220.