Rockwell Automation e-News
Volume 14 • Issue 6 • June 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.
Product, Service and Solution News
Integrated Architecture
Accelerate your water/wastewater projects
Our easy-to-use system design and programming accelerator helps you rapidly develop and deploy your water or wastewater project. The toolkit includes procurement specifications, a quick start guide, sample code for the controller and applications for your HMI. Note: FactoryTalk® Activation Toolkit owners can use the Updater to replace generic product names.
Improve migration
- Prevent common mistakes with our Logix Application Conversion Guide. Written for engineers in the early stages of migration, use these proven practices to efficiently convert your Mitsubishi project to RSLogix™ 5000.
- Use our ControlLogix® Remote I/O Module with your existing PLC-5® and/or PLC-3® controller to migrate to the ControlLogix platform without changing your current remote I/O network.
Safety
Improve productivity and flexibility
Learn more about how to keep your operators safe while maximizing the efficiency of your equipment. Our Safety Solutions can help you achieve compliance to legislation requirements, minimize cost, and improve productivity.
GuardShield™ safety light curtains
Micro 400: Economical, Type 4, three-box safety light curtain designed for small assembly machines in ambient operating environments.
SAF 4 PAC: Self-contained, optically-synchronized, two-box safety light curtain available in a two-segment pair with a 600mm protected height or a 3 segment pair with an 840mm protected height.
Essential Components
Quality components increase functionality and last longer, saving you time and money:
Eco combination starters (Bulletin 190E-K & 191E-K)
Combines a motor protection circuit breaker and a mini-contactor for a cost-effective, compact solution for controlling and protecting motors up to 7.5 HP at 460V.
22.5 mm pendant stations (Bulletin 800FC)
Highly customizable and flexible pendant stations allow easy and quick location installation and use of the Bulletin 800F 22.5 mm push button line. Download PDF
Webinars
Improve visualization with FactoryTalk ViewPoint — Web-enabled access to plant-floor systems is increasingly important as you look to monitor and manage your production systems from remote locations. With our FactoryTalk® ViewPoint web-enabled HMI solutions, it’s now easier than ever to view production using a common Web browser.
View Joint Rockwell Automation and Microsoft Webinar online and cut manufacturing costs – learn how companies visualize critical data to improve decision making and deploy information technologies to reduce costs. Hosted by Automotive News, the Webinar explains how to hit new levels of manufacturing efficiency and cut manufacturing costs. Based on real-world applications from FactoryTalk® ProductionCentre customer Martinrea.
Events
Life Sciences Symposium • June 17-18
Karlsruhe, Germany
Join us for our largest automation event and conference dedicated to the pharmaceutical/biotech industry. This year’s Symposium, "Managing Volatility: Agile and Sustainable Manufacturing Solutions," will help you tackle the challenges of the global downturn and growth in competition, as well as issues around safety and sustainability.
RSTechED 2009 • June 21-26, 2009
Rosen Shingle Creek Resort • Orlando, Florida
Register for the annual Rockwell Software training event to exchange best practices, and gain an in-depth understanding of how Integrated Architecture™ can help transform your company. Download the selection guide to view over 100 comprehensive, advanced hands-on labs and interactive sessions offered for all levels of your organization.
Manufacturing 2.0 Executive Forum • June 22-23
Rosen Shingle Creek Resort • Orlando, Florida
The only conference of its kind focused on optimizing plant floor and IT assets to save costs. This industry-leading event gives you unmatched access to the top business leaders and industry experts, including Harvard Business School manufacturing professor Andrew McAfee, author of “Enterprise 2.0,” who will share strategies for building business success. Register
Publications
Flexographic print applications
Read how Qingzhou Ekofa Machinery and Styers Equipment have implemented our Logix platform with integrated Kinetix® motion on their flexographic printing presses, to help meet the demands of modern commercial printing operations and set a new standard in flexographic printing.
Increase your productivity and profitability
Take advantage of industry trends, technology and services highlighted in our latest e-newsletters:
- Helping Machine Builders become more competitive — What Matters series focuses on sustainability:
Sustainable Production Matters focuses on how machine builders help manufacturers achieve sustainability goals such as reducing their carbon footprint, cutting the costs of running machines, and increasing productivity and safety. Subscribe - The JOURNAL from Rockwell Automation and Our Partners
In the latest issue, learn how an MES upgrade helped Wyeth slash cycle times and labor costs by reducing paper usage. Also - how to evaluate and optimize your alarm system to avoid production losses, equipment damage and injuries during critical incidents. Subscribe.
(Please note that the information in this e-News represents recent additions to Rockwell Automation Web sites. Check with your Rockwell Automation sales representative for local availability of these products and services.)