Foxboro Launches Campaign to Find the Control Room in North America that’s Most in Need of a Makeover
The Foxboro Automation unit of Invensys Process Systems today announced a campaign to identify the control room in a North American process plant that is most in need of a complete design and equipment makeover. Invensys and partners will provide upgrades worth up to $350,000 in value.
(PRWEB) June 24, 2005 -- The Foxboro Automation unit of Invensys Process
Systems has announced a campaign to identify the control room in a North
American process plant that is most in need of a complete design and equipment
makeover.
The winning company will receive a “TV-reality-show-inspired”
makeover. This will include professional control room design by User Centered
Design Services (a consulting company focused on effective control room design
and operations); a conceptual design solution walkthrough video from Smith
LaRock (a professional services firm that provides planning, architecture, and
interior design services); a new operator console from Wright Line (a
manufacturer of consoles, enclosures, and other furniture for
technology-intensive environments); Foxboro workstation and monitor upgrades;
plus appropriate Invensys engineering, alarm management, and training services,
with a total estimated value of up to $350,000.
“The control room is the
critical operations nerve center in a process plant,” said Paul Steinitz,
marketing director at the Foxboro Automation unit of Invensys Process Systems.
“Here, the operators routinely make decisions that impact plant safety,
availability, and performance. With this in mind, it’s surprising how many
control rooms are so obviously in need of an upgrade, either because the
ergonomics are poor, the environment is not conducive to good decision-making,
the control system is obsolete, the alarm sub-system needs to be rationalized,
or a combination of these problems.
“While we’re certainly trying to have
some fun by launching this TV-reality-show-inspired ‘makeover’ campaign, we also
hope to draw attention to the above situation and encourage North America’s
brownfield process plants to take the necessary steps to empower their operators
by upgrading their control rooms.”
Potential candidates are encouraged to
send photos of their control rooms, along with a control room description and
their specific “makeover” goals and objectives to Foxboro, where an expert team
of judges will choose the control room most in need of a functional and cosmetic
upgrade.
For more information, or to submit an entry, readers should
visit http://www.foxboro.com/crm2. Foxboro will announce the winner
of the control room makeover at the 2005 ISA Show in Chicago, October 25-27,
2005.
About User Centered Design Services
User
Centered Design Services, LLC is a consulting company focused on Operational
Excellence. The company’s vision is to implement best practice solutions for
reducing the frequency and severity of abnormal situations, which will
dramatically improve the nature of operations in production facilities. These
best practices impact all aspects of plant operation and help improve plant
performance, reduce incidents, and improve safety and profitability.
User
Centered Design Services offers a full line of consulting services to evaluate
current plant condition, make realistic and achievable recommendations for
improvement, and aid implementation.
About Smith LaRock
Smith LaRock
Architecture is a full service, Colorado-based Architectural firm offering
design services to the process control industry. Industry Best Practices,
cumulative design experiences, and collaborative designers are brought to bear
on the real-world challenges of the 24/7 control environment to develop control
room design solutions of lasting value, utility, and functionality for Smith
LaRock Clients. The company’s design goals are operator vigilance and
reduced-stress environments. Smith LaRock is partnered with its sister company,
Michael B. Smith Architecture Inc., to provide services in Alberta, Canada to
its Canadian clients, and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado, USA. Contact
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About Wright Line
Wright Line, a global leader in the design and
manufacture of consoles, enclosures, office and other specialty furniture, has
been serving the data center, office, call center, electronic laboratory and
high-tech manufacturing environments for over 70 years. The company is
headquartered in Worcester, MA and can be contacted by email at, e-mail
protected from spam bots or by phone, 800.225.7348. To view the company’s full
product line visit www.wrightline.com.
About Invensys Process
Systems
Invensys Process Systems, a business unit of Invensys plc, provides
products, services and solutions for the automation and optimization of
industrial process plants. In addition to its rapidly expanding Global Solutions
group, Invensys Process Systems includes industry-leading brands such as
Foxboro, Triconex, SimSci-Esscor, Wonderware, and Avantis, whose products are
installed in more than 100,000 plants across the world. These range from small
hybrid and batch plants to the world’s largest refineries, gas plants,
petrochemicals plants, power plants, and pulp and paper mills.
The
Invensys Group (www.invensys.com) is headquartered in the UK and listed on the
London Stock Exchange. With 35,000 employees operating in 60 countries, Invensys
helps customers to improve their performance and profitability, building value
for end users and shareholders alike.
Avantis, Foxboro, I/A Series,
SimSci-Esscor, Triconex, and Wonderware are trademarks of Invensys plc, its
subsidiaries, or affiliates. All other trademarks are trademarks of their
respective owners.
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