April 2011

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Four ways Plant-Wide Optimization will benefit your bottom line

Today’s market pressures require you to constantly balance productivity, globalization, innovation and sustainability. In the face of economic realities, speed and innovation are more critical than ever. Being able to optimize your plant and manufacturing footprint is crucial to success in the global marketplace.

The Rockwell Automation approach to Plant-Wide Optimization is part of a broader move toward supply chain and enterprise efficiency that will help you to compete globally. Through Plant-Wide Optimization you can:

  • Apply smart technologies to address people, process and product
    challenges – and drive your innovation future.
  • Combat the rising costs of energy, raw materials and lost worker productivity with solutions that help make your operations cleaner, safer and more energy efficient.
  • Modernize your automation and information infrastructure to improve the productivity and utilization of your existing production assets.
  • Reap more productivity and efficiency from your automation investments by applying an architecture built for continuous improvement.

Solutions based on the Rockwell Automation Integrated Architecture™ combine automation and information technologies in a converged Ethernet infrastructure to enable Plant-Wide Optimization. As a result, you can drive more visibility and flexibility, better production intelligence – and higher asset utilization overall.

Integrating information, control, power and safety for
optimized production.

Aberdeen Group survey
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Gauge how you align with best-in-class companies. The Aberdeen Group is conducting research to analyze the networking trend of industrial and enterprise network convergence. Take this short survey to share how your company uses real-time information to make actionable decisions. You will receive a complimentary copy of the research findings, which will benchmark the adoption rates of industrial Ethernet and quantify the benefits organizations like yours can achieve from utilizing industrial networking.

Products, Service and Solution News
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Powerflex

PowerFlex® 753 drives now part of the CENTERLINE® 2100 Quick Ship Delivery Program. Offering all the standard features for DeviceLogix, predictive diagnostics, and safety options, this drive also includes three option slots for safety, feedback, communications and additional I/O. Use the Quick Ship Delivery Program to save significant time compared to the custom specific delivery program.

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Higher Density

Higher density in half the size. Bulletin 1492 relay modules provide 6A of switching capacity in a smaller package, making them perfect for installations requiring higher switching than PLC output modules can provide.

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Expand

Expand the functionality of your control stations. Bulletin 800G hazardous location push buttons are third-party ATEX and IEC Ex certified with global ratings for superior hazardous location push button reliability.

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Get more from Integrated Architecture with Integrated Architecture Builder. New start page for release 8.5.0 puts links to quickstarts, labs, online product documents and Integrated Architecture Builder project options at your fingertips. Enhancements to ControlLogix® Wizard and CompactLogix Wizard lets you specify additional distributed I/O networks (EtherNet, ControlNet, DeviceNet) and adds a new automated work flow for including additional distributed I/O controlled by the generated processor. Download Integrated Architecture Builder

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PartnerNetwork News
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Partner Network

Best-in-class solutions with a global support network. Leading Packaging Machine Builders Douglas Machine Inc., Kliklok-Woodman and Nercon Engineering & Manufacturing have joined the Machine Builder Program, providing access to skilled machine builders with proven ability to deliver high-quality, innovative machinery.

Videos & Tools
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Improve Energy

Improve energy management. New video from Rockwell Automation and Cisco describes how to improve your energy consumption. In addition, the Rockwell Automation Energy Evaluator helps you identify and compare current energy management behavior, and identify opportunities for improvements. Learn more about this free tool. Download the Rockwell Automation Energy Evaluator.

Events
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Inspire. Educate. Innovate. Only one event
offers it all.
RSTechED 2011, June 12-17, Orlando, Florida. Choose from over 125 unique technical sessions, hands-on labs and customer hosted sessions that blend training and inspiration for everyone engaged in keeping a plant running - and making it run at it's best. The Session Selection Guide is now available. Registration opens mid-April 2011.

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AutoFair

Automation Fair® Event and Safety Automation Forum. Virtual version of Automation Fair 2010 gives you access to keynotes, PDF downloads, product demos, images and pre-show events. Safety Automation Forum video highlights include Q&A sessions, educational breakouts and event overview. Join us for Safety Automation Forum (Nov. 15, 2011) and the 20th Anniversary of the Automation Fair® event (Nov. 16-17) at Chicago’s McCormick Place.

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