HEALTH & SAFETY
HONEYWELL BW SOLO
HONEYWELL SAFETY AND PRODUCTIVITY SOLUTIONS
HONEYWELL INTRODUCES CONNECTED GAS
MONITOR TO ENHANCE WORKER SAFETY AND
IMPROVE EMERGENCY RESPONSE TIMES
Honeywell (NYSE) launched the Honeywell
BW Solo, a connected, serviceable, single-
gas monitor with Bluetooth Low Energy
(BLE) connectivity that provides real-time
visibility into the status and safety of
hazardous-area workers, helping companies
respond faster and more decisively to safety
incidents.
Safety threats such as gas leaks can appear
suddenly and unexpectedly, and studies
indicate that workers often remain silent
in the face of danger. A survey by the
environmental services company Antea
Group reports that almost half of all workers
indicate they are uncomfortable about
reporting workplace dangers.
BW Solo simplifies and automates the
incident reporting process by connecting
workers and supervisors in real time to
provide near instantaneous updates of gas
concentration levels and worker location.
Workers and supervisors can stay in constant
communication, even if they are thousands
of miles away. In the event of a gas event
or other safety incident, this real-time
connectedness can aid safety managers
in responding faster to mitigate—or even
prevent—safety incidents with potentially
catastrophic outcomes.
“Our connected worker solutions provide
customers with a wireless ecosystem to
enable real-time monitoring in the field.
This gives workers confidence that someone
has their back, and enables supervisors
to gain greater visibility to emerging gas
threats,” said Whitney Hornby, Global
Product Manager, Single Gas Portables for
Honeywell’s Industrial Safety business. “Our
new gas detector goes beyond meeting the
basic compliance standard typical of most
single-gas detectors, and offers the prospect
of increased safety and productivity gains on
the jobsite. It can generate immediate alerts
and create digital reports on the fly, which
eliminates hours of tedious paperwork
associated with compliance reporting.”
Key features of Honeywell BW Solo include:
• Comprehensive gas family: 14 sensors
are available to detect both standard and
exotic gases
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• Optional Bluetooth-enabled cloud
connectivity and downloadable
app manages and stores fleet data
automatically, enables remote notification
and bi-directional communications
• Enhanced device management and
automated reporting offered by IntelliDoX
instrument management system (sold
separately) with free Windows-based
software, Honeywell Safety Suite Device
Configurator; with additional capabilities
(e.g. dashboards, email notifications,
multi-site management) offered through
cloud-based Honeywell Safety Suite
Device Manager
• IntelliFlash™ pulsing light indicates sensor
functionality and compliance status
• IntelliDoX docking/charging station (sold
separately) automates fleet management,
generates compliance records, alarm
history and events, calibration certificates
and more
• Serviceable design reduces ownership
costs through longer operating life,
maintenance ease, expanded gas family
and automated compliance records
Honeywell manufactures the industry’s most
comprehensive, advanced gas detection
instrumentation and software under the
Honeywell, Honeywell BW and Honeywell
RAE Systems brands, and provides training
and technical support to protect people,
assets and environment from toxic and
combustible gas hazards around the
world. Honeywell’s wireless, connected gas
detection solutions in fixed, portable and
transportable configurations can be found
at millions of points of detection every day
in upstream, midstream and downstream
oil and gas; semiconductor manufacturing;
water treatment; food refrigeration and
commercial building applications.
For more information, please
visit www.honeywellanalytics.
com/en/products/BW-Solo; email
[email protected] or call
800-538-0363.