For your most difficult process control challenges
in industrial HVAC, choose plant-wide solutions from Rockwell Automation.
Increase safety integrity across your plant – while improving your
capability to monitor, control and optimize your processes. We apply our
industry expertise to deliver products that provide greater control and
conform to stringent HVAC requirements so you can demonstrate payback and
minimize your risk. Since reliability is paramount, we also provide
comprehensive services that help you predict, prevent and react to operation
problems – before downtime occurs.
In many large industrial plants, HVAC systems are an integral part of the
process. HVAC systems have a direct impact on motor control centers,
variable frequency drives, steam generation equipment and electrical rooms.
Therefore, if the HVAC system is compromised, generally the process is too.
HVAC systems can also impact safety. Specifically, how the HVAC system
responds to a fire or gas event can affect the performance of the plant’s
fire and gas safety system. In addition, HVAC system controls often must
meet regulatory requirements for plant-wide safety. Until recently,
traditional HVAC equipment could not communicate seamlessly with a plant’s
process and/or safety systems. As a result, many plants use a patchwork of
equipment, programming packages, networks and visualization systems to
achieve communication. Manufacturers incur significant ongoing expense for
the additional engineering, programming, wiring, training and maintenance
these disparate systems require.
Single Vendor Plant-Wide Control Systems
With the PlantPAx™ Process Automation System from Rockwell Automation,
you can get the information you need, when you need it, to help congure,
control and optimize your operations. Integrated monitoring, alarms and
detailed diagnostic and historical data help reduce engineering time –
and installation and maintenance costs. When you integrate your HVAC system
with programmable automation controllers (PACs), motor control centers
(MCCs), variable frequency drives (VFDs) and industrial controls from a
single vendor, you are ensured compatibility. As a result, you can expect
less training, easier maintenance and reduced spare parts.
Real-Time Control and Visibility
Our Allen-Bradley® controllers are fully integrated into your system
and deliver key bene_ts. To help protect critical processes from unscheduled
downtime, the controllers over real-time visibility into monitoring air
quality, temperature and humidity; trending; detailed alarming; data
collection; and automated reporting. What’s more, HMI software and
hardware from Rockwell Automation provides a consistent view into your HVAC
system and process control.
