Texmark Chemicals deploys industrial IoT to create the refinery of the future | ZDNet
Making chemicals safely and more cost effectively are two of the reasons that this Texas-based manufacturing plant is in the midst of a three-phase IIoT project.
Texmark Chemicals is a boutique chemical processing facility that manufactures hazardous materials in the petroleum product supply chain. The company teamed with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) to deploy industrial IoT (IIoT) to create a safer environment for employees while saving money via uninterrupted productivity, increased up-time and better process analytics.
Texmark is in the third phase of a three-part IIoT project to combine HPE and Aruba solutions from HPE Pointnext to create the “refinery of the future.” Phases one and two established the digital foundation by enabling edge-to-core connectivity. Aruba deployed a secure wireless mesh network with access points and ClearPass for secure network access control. Aruba beacons provide location-based services for plant safety and security purposes. The cost of the wireless solution was about half that of a hardwired network.
The third phase is adding predictive analytics, advanced video analytics, safety and security, connected worker, and full lifecycle asset management.