Honeywell Introduces Next-Generation Experion PKS Platform with Virtualized HIVE Architecture for Industrial Automation

Mar 03, 2026

Honeywell's Experion® PKS represents a fundamental shift in how manufacturing enterprises can approach process control by merging traditionally disparate functions into a single, cohesive architecture. This innovative platform integrates process control, safety systems, and advanced application software under one unified framework, eliminating the fragmentation that typically plagues industrial automation environments. The Distributed System Architecture allows users to experience a single integrated solution while retaining the ability to autonomously manage each individual system component. With Fault Tolerant Ethernet providing the performance, determinism and security required for demanding industrial control applications, Experion PKS enables organizations to securely add advanced applications as needed while delivering greater ongoing benefits at lower cost compared to point solutions that are merely tied together. This unified approach streamlines information flow to the right place at the right time, ensuring that plant personnel have access to the critical data they need when they need it most.

Experion PKS Enhances Operator Effectiveness Through Advanced HMI Design

The human-machine interface within Experion PKS has been meticulously designed to improve operator effectiveness by providing a common and consistent experience across all integrated systems. This seamless data visibility is delivered through a pre-built operator environment that ties entire facilities together and enables personnel to succeed in their daily operations. What sets Experion apart from other process control systems is the incorporation of Abnormal Situation Management Consortium principles directly into its design foundation. Capabilities such as video event detection, comprehensive built-in alarm management, and an extensive library of standard displays give teams one of the most powerful tools available for collaboration and real-time decision-making. The Experion Orion Console further supports effective operations through its ergonomic design that allows for clear status assessments, operating limits, and targets at a single glance. Through knowledge capture via automation of procedural operations and advanced alarming capability, personnel are better equipped to prevent and respond to abnormal situations before they escalate into costly incidents.

 

Experion PKS HIVE Components Transform Control System Engineering and Maintenance

The introduction of Experion® PKS Highly Integrated Virtual Environment represents a revolutionary approach to control system engineering and lifecycle management. Built upon Honeywell's Lean Execution of Automation Projects principles, this innovative solution unchains control applications from physical equipment and liberates controllers from physical IO, enabling control systems to be engineered and implemented in less time with reduced cost and risk through simpler, modular builds. The Experion PKS IO HIVE component decouples IO from control, providing flexible IO and control distribution that allows the control system to become a natural extension of process equipment while facilitating modular and parallel project execution. This scalable approach can deliver up to a 15 percent reduction in IO and cabinets and up to a 10 percent reduction in project time and engineering effort. The Experion PKS Control HIVE integrates multiple individual controllers to function as a cluster of shared compute resources with universal access to IO, offering significant flexibility to accommodate design changes and modifications while simplifying lifecycle management and potentially providing infinite availability for resilient control applications.

 

Experion PKS IT HIVE Centralizes Infrastructure for Enhanced Security and Management

The Experion PKS IT HIVE component fundamentally transforms how control systems are maintained over their lifecycle by shifting day-to-day management of servers to a centralized data center environment. This approach leverages Honeywell virtualization hardware at both local process areas and central datacenter locations, offering customers unprecedented flexibility in where they host their control system virtual machines. Organizations can run their virtual machines with the flexibility of either onsite or offsite deployment via secure WAN connections while simultaneously improving both cybersecurity posture and the overall lifecycle experience. By centralizing IT infrastructure used in project engineering, industrial manufacturers can lower project delivery and lifecycle costs, better leverage specialized skills across their organization, and drive consistent physical and cybersecurity management practices. This transformation allows plant engineers to focus more proactively on optimizing processes rather than being consumed by routine server maintenance, while experts and established protocols in centralized data centers work diligently to mitigate cybersecurity risk across the entire control system environment.

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