What Is PlantWeb?

Understanding the Power of PlantWeb

PlantWeb is a revolutionary field-based architecture that changes the economics of process automation. It's a proven blueprint for building solutions that optimize plant performance. With PlantWeb, functions move beyond the DCS, delivering the information and performance you want, when and where you need it.

PlantWeb field-based architecture is an automation solution that delivers asset management, process control and management execution through three key components:

• Intelligent field devices
• Standards & platforms
• Integrated modular software

These networked components are linked by open communication standards that include FOUNDATION™ fieldbus at the field level, Ethernet at the plant level, and OPC at the supervisory level.

In such a solution, all components act as nodes on the network, collecting, distributing and using information. In the simplest interpretation, PlantWeb works like this:

• Intelligent field devices gather information
• Delta V™ or Ovation automation systems provides easy management and delivery of the information for process control and management execution functions
  • DeltaV™ v10.3 - It's easier and secure, with increased performance. More
  • DeltaV™ v11 - Hear what others are saying. More
• AMS software processes the information to add asset management functionality

PlantWeb differs from any traditional approach to process automation in several advantageous ways:

• PlantWeb is engineered to efficiently gather and manage the new wealth of information from intelligent field devices
• It is designed from the ground up for FOUNDATION fieldbus
• It is networked, not centralized
• It uses standards at every level of the architecture
• It goes beyond mere process control by providing management execution and asset management

In addition to the initial installation savings the revolutionary result of this open, integrated architecture is a real competitive advantage for your plant.

Specifically, this advantage is achieved through:

• Reduced process variability
• Increased plant availability
• Reduced capital and engineering costs
• Reduced operations and maintenance costs
• Streamlined regulatory compliance

While incremental gains can be realized by implementing any one part of this architecture, full competitive advantage can only be achieved with the integration of all three components.

What about all those SMART devices currently installed in your plant that contain additional process variables and diagnostics with no way to deliver them to operations or maintenance. Or all of those clipboard walk-arounds your staff conducts because there's simply no other way to get the data back to operations. Now there is a way with Emerson Smart Wireless. You will gain access to information you don't have today.

Find out precisely what PlantWeb can do for your plant’s performance by continuing through the What Is PlantWeb area (Components, Functions, Benefits, Products and Services), or take an interactive Test Drive of PlantWeb right now.

Either way, you’ll be convinced of the Power of PlantWeb.