Rockwell Automation e-News
Volume 14 • Issue 11 • November 2009
To help you stay current with our latest product and service offerings, here's what you can find on the Rockwell Automation Web sites this month.
Leverage your automation and information technology investments to realize productivity and efficiency goals
Join us for Automation Fair® — Industry’s Premier Event November 11-12 Anaheim, California
Less than two weeks to register.
Automation Fair helps you stay aware of the latest and best automation technology has to offer. How can Automation Fair benefit you?
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Visit the Rockwell Automation Theatre and see how to develop an ongoing approach to smart, safe and sustainable manufacturing.
- Plant-wide Optimization — information-driven, plant-wide optimization will change manufacturing and production processes in the short and long term, and help position you for an economic recovery.
- Machine Builder Performance — scalable architecture is a key differentiator that helps machine builders improve productivity while reducing total cost to design, develop and deliver innovative machines for optimal performance.
- Sustainable Production — innovative approaches can help you better manage and reduce industrial energy costs while supporting environmental and safety objectives.
Technical Training, Industry Forums and Exhibits
Nowhere else will you find industry’s largest selection of technical sessions, hands-on labs, industry forums and exhibits demonstrating the latest in automation technology, all under one roof, at no charge. Attendees can earn Professional Development Hour (PDH) credits for all educational classes.
Access to Partners Who Can Help You
Meet Rockwell Automation experts, Distributors, Encompass Partners, Systems Integrators and others from our 5,000-plus member global PartnerNetwork™ dedicated to your success. The timing couldn’t be better; the need to see what’s “out there” couldn’t be greater.
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Pre-Automation Fair Special Events
Process Solutions User Group Meeting, November 9-10
Exchange ideas with your peers, learn best practices and find solutions to your process issues. Take advantage of detailed discussions with colleagues and experts about everything from process optimization to process control, standards compliance to safety. $399 for two days or $225 for one day. Register
Safety Automation Forum, November 10
We’re teaming with Automation World magazine to focus on safety strategies for sustainable manufacturing. Join industry speakers and experts to discuss how safety and sustainability are indelibly linked and safety's importance within the manufacturing industry. Register.
Inside Automation Fair
- JOURNAL article gives you a special preview of events, exhibitors and educational opportunities.
- Preshow Program
- Show floor layout
- User experience research: shape your future Web experience – participate in a quick survey, collaborate in our usability lab, and help improve website usability with you in mind. (Booth 381)
Product, Service and Solution News
Safety
- Reduce downtime and increase your diagnostic capabilities with our updated Safety Accelerator Toolkit for GuardLogix® Systems, including support for POINT Guard I/O and our new certified suite of dual channel, metal forming and muting instructions. Reduce downtime and increase diagnostics from your HMI with new safety instruction faceplates.
- Free On-Demand Webinar: Business Considerations for Safety – view hour-long Automation World Webinar focuses on how a contemporary approach to safety can improve productivity and sustainability for the life of a machine or application. Sponsored by Rockwell Automation.
- European Commission revises statement regarding Machinery Directive Standards - the deadline for conformity is Dec. 29, 2009, and we’re ready to help you meet the new standards with technologies, products and the necessary functional safety data.
- Join us on Twitter and LinkedIn - get real-time information from peers and experts regarding safety trends, events and products by joining our Twitter and LinkedIn Safety Automation Forum.
Integrated Architecture
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Webex Oct. 29, noon CST: "Securing Architectures and Applications for Network Convergence." Learn best practices for securing manufacturing computing and controller assets, the value a Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) brings to your Manufacturing Framework, and how you can deploy FactoryTalk® services and applications to leverage the DMZ. Sponsored by Rockwell Automation and Cisco.
News
Readers Choose Rockwell Automation for Top Automation Products
Again. We continue our award-winning tradition in the Control Design magazine 2009 Readers’ Choice Awards.
Publications
- Machine builders, are you prepared to meet the functional safety requirements of today’s manufacturers? The latest edition of the “What Matters” e-newsletter series, Safety Matters, focuses on new standards which can result in a more methodical approach, helping to produce machinery with more predictable performance, greater reliability and availability, and improved ROI. Subscribe
- Our Water Wastewater Consultant Resource Catalog helps you make the right product decisions and produce professional project procurement specifications that meet your customers’ objectives for energy-efficiency, safety, sustainability, Intelligent Motor Control, Programmable Logic Controllers, Integrated Architecture and DCS/process automation control. Register to receive your free catalog and automatic electronic updates.
- The Journal from Rockwell Automation and our Partners - don’t miss the process manufacturing case studies and tips in the October issue. Access the Web-exclusive articles and Webcasts to improve your productivity, sustainable production efforts and profits. Cover story: PlantPAx™ process automation system and plant-wide control helps progressive food ingredient maker exceed production goals by 15% while supporting? sustainability objectives. Subscribe.