Migration Services: Uncover Your Plant’s True Potential by Modernising Your Legacy Systems
Legacy automation systems can no longer provide the capabilities needed to compete in today’s global economy.
Getting started on the path to a smart digital plant is easy.
Emerson’s global team of specialists provide a portfolio of migration services and solutions to address the full lifecycle of plant automation.
Migration services are tailored to deliver specific benefits in a transition to Emerson technologies. Proven study methodologies will identify unrealised benefits, provide economic justification, and lay out a system modernisation plan that meets installation requirements.
Minimising risk is a primary objective and an extensive track record of successful migration projects are a testament to the expertise and experience of Emerson’s dedicated team of industry, process, and system migration experts.
Migration project execution is managed by qualified professionals using global standards. Planning, communication, and teamwork are the keys to success and these skills are integral to Emerson culture.
Client Services Getting Started
A first step toward improved plant performance is an exploratory site assessment. This short plant visit is designed to quickly identify high potential improvement opportunities aligned with the plant’s business drivers and automation objectives. The initial identification of opportunities can result in a justification for a complete modernisation plan.
A modernisation plan will examine in detail all the key aspects of automation at the plant with the result being a detailed report outlining a transition path to a smart digital architecture. The areas for study include:
Business objectives
Automation infrastructure
Benefit opportunities and economic justification
Migration Project Services There are a variety of migration types and Emerson provides services and solutions to satisfy specific needs, for example:
Console upgrades/Integrated Operator Interfaces
Controller upgrades
I/O Bus interfaces
Historian consolidation
Advanced controls additions
For large and complex migration projects Front End Engineering Design (FEED) will ensure a smooth, safe, efficient transition and faster time to increased profitability
Industry process experts are on the team to ensure that investments in highly valuable intellectual property are converted so that the functionality in the new system is equivalent or better than it was before
Complex installations and hot cutovers are planned down to the last detail to minimise delays and shutdown time.
Migration Solutions
DeltaV Connect™ If the plant requires a superior operator interface with leading edge capabilities to help the operator make fast and informed decisions, then a DeltaV Connect solution will allow an integrated console to operate both a DeltaV™ and legacy system. This solution makes sense if a phased migration is taking place or existing consoles are obsolete and causing maintenance challenges. Emerson provides services to fully implement DeltaV Connect with seamless integration and minimal operator disruption.
FlexConnect™ Field wiring typically has a longer lifespan than other automation components, so rewiring is often not necessary when migrating to a new system. A FlexConnect solution avoids the need to run new field wires or re-terminate. FlexConnect solutions integrate with legacy termination panels and are cabled directly to new DeltaV controllers.
PLC Migration Emerson, along with alliance partner Mynah technologies, provides elegant and flexible solutions to migrate many different PLC subsystems to DeltaV controllers. Integration can be done at the plant floor network via Modbus TCP/IP or Ethernet I/P or directly connect to the I/O bus with a DeltaV PLC I/O interface module. Some I/O subsystems can connect via standard DeltaV Profibus DP or DeviceNet cards. There are several options for moving control strategies to the DeltaV system and Emerson’s migration consultants are ready to help you design the best path forward.
Migration services are tailored to deliver specific benefits in a transition to Emerson technologies. Proven study methodologies will identify unrealised benefits, provide economic justification, and lay out a system modernisation plan that meets installation requirements.
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