Technology Magazine May 2018 | Page 201

We work with miners to improve their operational effectiveness and business performance . Honeywell provides to the mining industry control systems ( DCS-Distributed Control Systems , PLC-Programmable Logic Controllers , SCADA-Supervisory Control and Acquisition systems ), process historians and collaborative information software like automated production reports and statistical production reconciliation , advanced controls especially in grinding and flotation , remote support , surveillance and operations of assets , and fleet mobile equipment health monitoring .
Honeywell Connected Plant is a suite of applications that delivers higher levels of safety , reliability , efficiency and profitability . These unique industry solutions are based on decades of domain knowledge and controls experience .
Honeywell is a leading supplier of automation solutions for the process industries , including mining , metals and minerals . The core competency of Honeywell is automation which is at the leading edge of new technologies and innovation , many of which have been deployed at Yamana Gold mines .
Honeywell has been providing automation technologies and services to Yamana Gold for more than 12 years . It has delivered control systems for its plants , software for automated reporting of production and several solutions to ensure safe and secure operations .
As a partner , Honeywell has grown the relationship to deliver additional business value through advanced technologies , like collaborative information systems .
Yamana Gold has a diverse set of mines and operations , as well as a range of IT and automation technologies . Honeywell adds depth and skills to collaboratively deploy and sustain best practices in a way that results in faster , more informed decision making , safer operations and reduced operating costs to Yamana Gold .
In working with Yamana to replicate best practices across its asset base while exploring new technology and solutions that help them achieve their cost objectives , Honeywell ensures that Yamana has an automation partner that understands its needs and can assist in the process of digital transformation while delivering and sustaining long-term business value .
Yamana Gold and Honeywell look at ways to broaden the relationship by leveraging past experiences as well as the many ways industrial digital transformation can improve business performance . By exploring ways to turn data into actionable insight to optimize operations , predict plant failures and eliminate unplanned downtime - together achieving a new level of consistent high performance makes every day the best day of production . The intent is to make Yamana Gold more competitive and productive while Honeywell gains from having a deeper , committed level of business .
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