Distributed Control System (DCS) migrations involve transitioning from outdated control systems to newer, more advanced platforms that offer enhanced functionality, improved reliability, and greater integration capabilities. By upgrading to a modern DCS, manufacturers can benefit from better data analytics, increased automation, and more efficient process control, which collectively lead to higher productivity and reduced operational costs. However, the migration process requires careful planning and execution to minimize downtime and ensure seamless integration with existing infrastructure, making it a strategic investment for long-term operational success.
Distributed Control System (DCS) migrations involve transitioning from outdated control systems to newer, more advanced platforms that offer enhanced functionality, improved reliability, and greater integration capabilities. By upgrading to a modern DCS, manufacturers can benefit from better data analytics, increased automation, and more efficient process control, which collectively lead to higher productivity and reduced operational costs. However, the migration process requires careful planning and execution to minimize downtime and ensure seamless integration with existing infrastructure, making it a strategic investment for long-term operational success.
A new digital age has dawned for manufacturers, and many must update or migrate their outdated distributed control systems (DCS) to stay competitive and meet ever-changing consumer demands. Their legacy systems have served them well, but as technology evolves, change is inevitable. In 1959, for instance,
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For a while now, the buzz on the industrial street has been about modernizing or digitally transforming legacy systems in facilities. Many manufacturers have already started to move forward and reevaluate their processes and systems. Some have even begun using the new innovative technologies on the
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A major oil refiner partnered with MAVERICK to support an eight-year, multi-phase program to migrate multiple refinery business unit process areas.
Scott Hayes, DCSNext Portfolio Manager at Rockwell Automation and MAVERICK Technologies, talks you through the keys to innovation while migrating to a new distributed control system.
Just knowing that you’ll soon need to do an upgrade or total migration of your distributed control system (DCS) often creates consternation and stress. Facing the prospect of managing such a major migration project – maybe the first and only one of your career – can
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A leading pulp and paper company engaged MAVERICK to migrate recovery boiler control panels to a modern distributed control system and consolidate the operator HMI of three PLC platforms.
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Five chemical units were utilizing Honeywell TDC 2000/PMX, a 1980s-vintage legacy control system. Because this system was soon to be no longer supported by the vendor, the owner was faced with a massive project to upgrade the systems to Honeywell Experion PKSTM. The owner chose MAVERICK Technologies as its migration partner for this successful, multi-year project.
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In this webinar Lee Swindler, Industry Manager at MAVERICK Technologies details distributed control system (DCS) migration implementation challenges including scope definition, project execution best practices and project team dynamics.
Legacy control system obsolescence is the main driver for migrations in the industry today, as well as the need to avoid the significant cost and risk associated with losing operational control of a process. Companies know they need to migrate to stay competitive, but uncertainty and
A major chemical manufacturer using three different DCSs to control their process saw the need to consolidate their interfaces into one new DCS. One subsystem was severely outdated and limited their capability. A single process on three different platforms proved to be extremely inefficient, as well.
