Rockwell Automation e-News
Volume 17 • Issue 2 • February 2012
Presentations show you how to improve your profitability.
At Automation Fair® 2011, thousands of people learned more about how Rockwell Automation and our PartnerNetwork™ members provide smart, safe, sustainable manufacturing solutions to optimize plants, improve machine performance, and manufacture products in a more sustainable manner.
Even if you couldn't attend, now you can explore the wide variety of solutions presented at Automation Fair 2011 – all geared toward improving your business profitability:
Technical sessions • Workshops • Industry forums
Safety Automation Forum showcased the most elite customers in the industry, sharing best practices and demonstrations on how they deployed highly successful safety programs that improved business performance. Download presentations.
Save the date for Pre-Automation Fair event® 2012: Nov. 7-8, Philadelphia, Penn., USA. Pre-Fair events include Safety Automation Forum and Process Solutions User Group, Nov. 5-6.
Events
Mark your calendars for RSTechED™ 2012, June 10-15. RSTechED is the premiere software training event from Rockwell Automation. This best-in-class education for manufacturing and production professionals returns to Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando, Florida, USA. Registration opens mid-April 2012.
Products, Service and Solution News
Robust motor control in a compact package.
ArmorStart® LT distributed motor controllers offer flexible motor control in a lightweight package. Ideal for On-Machine™ conveyor and material handling applications.
Drives family extends power range for broad application across heavy industries.
PowerFlex® 755 AC drives now offer an extended power range, up to 900 kW (1350 Hp) at 400/480V input and 200…530 kW (250…550 Hp) at 600/690V input. The result: increased flexibility, ease of use, and high performance in a single product family.
Expand your architecture
RSLogix™ 5000 V20 expands scalability of your architecture in a single development environment, with enhancements that support broader device integration and safety performance.
Instructional Videos
Access instructional videos and case studies anytime, anywhere.
The Rockwell Automation YouTube Channel hosts short videos with problem-solving ideas for industrial automation in all industries and applications, including motor control and energy efficiency, controls and software, safety, machine builder performance and more.
Publications
Attention machine builders: Deliver Innovative Solutions with Smart Machines.
Delivering all the features customers demand can increase the Total Cost to Design, Develop and Deliver℠ a machine, unless you apply the right automation technology. The latest issue of What Matters-Intelligence Matters, focuses on a new generation of "smart machines" that demonstrate an unsurpassed level of intelligence with the ability to automatically consume and generate information, adapt to new situations, and give you the remote access and insight they need.
THE JOURNAL From Rockwell Automation and Our Partners.
January online issue includes the five things you need to know about CIP energy, and what you need to know about the cross-state air pollution rule. If you're a machine builder, you know that Time Has Run Out for EN 954-1 - find out more about complying with international safety standards EN-ISO 13849-1/2 or EN-IEC 62061. The December print issue focused on a blueprint for sustainability. Don't miss another issue – subscribe now.