Product, Service and Solution News

Integrated Architecture™ System

Build a business in which information flows across your organization so you can better address key market challenges. New products fulfill your midrange machine automation needs for control, motion and visualization and provide integrated motion on EtherNet/IP capabilities:

• Integrate safety and motion in a single controller. Compact GuardLogix® programmable automation controllers (PAC) use the same configuration, networking and visualization environment as ControlLogix®-based systems, providing scalable integrated safety and motion options for a wide range of machines.

• Modular design with high-performance. Multi-access Kinetix® 6200 modular servo drive with safety lets you transition easily to future technology.
  
  
  

• Eliminate the need for a separate motion network. Kinetix 300 EtherNet/IP indexing servo drives simplify network architecture and offer a cost-effective solution for low-axis machines.

• Versatile motor control. PowerFlex® 753 AC drives with embedded I/O and three option slots for safety, feedback and communications give you as many options as your application requires.
  
  
  
• Improve performance and lower system cost for process, discrete and motion applications. ControlLogix 1756-L73 and -L75 controllers feature larger processors and increased memory to leverage the advanced motion and information capabilities within the Integrated Architecture system.
  
  
• Enhanced single development environment. More than 30 new capabilities for the industry-leading RSLogix™ 5000 V18 design and configuration software include integrated motion on EtherNet/IP capabilities and high-integrity add-on instructions.

Additional new products help you to:

• Upgrade within your current frame size. MP-Series™ 230V servo motors extend the continuous torque capability of the 130mm frame size from 10.2 N-m to 14.1 N-m.
  
  
• Manage multiple controller systems. RSLogix™ Architect Version Ver. 3.60 software enhancements include improved usability and library file management, bidirectional synchronization with ePLAN Electric P8, support for RSLogix 5000 version V18 features, and import capability from Integrated Architecture Builder. Download.
  
  
• Expand DeviceNet applications. KwikLink™ Lite media drawing explains how simple connectors, flexible topology and light-duty specifications can be applied in a DeviceNet network.
  
  

Information Solutions

Cut through complexity with role-specific Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). This issue of Automation World highlights KPIs and Dashboard tools that gather, format and customize role-based information for better results.

Essential Components

• Updated fixed-depth disconnect switches (Bulletin 1494F) are easy to install and accommodate wide value ranges and applications.
  
  
• New Connected Component Building Blocks (CCBB) offer best-practice tools to help make application tasks easier. Latest CCBB include tools for energy management and simple motion control via EtherNet/IP with Kinetix 300 drives.
  
  

Safety Solutions

• Enhance functionality and add flexibility with Guardmaster® GuardShield™ Type 4 safety light curtains. Designed for use on hazardous machinery as well as perimeter and access guarding. New models connect to ArmorBlock™ Guard I/O™ modules allowing the GuardShield output signal switching device to operate over a DeviceNet safety network.

• Live SafeDesign Webinar July 22 – SafeDesign: Safeguarding Technologies. Join us to discuss advanced techniques and technologies for designing machine safety systems including integrated safety, advanced safe motion, presence sensing and exclusive control.

Publications

The Journal from Rockwell Automation and our Partners. Latest issue addresses the standards you need to implement a more flexible and productive operation. Cover Story: Safety is Good Business — New machine safety standards usher in an era of improved safety and performance. Subscribe or visit us online for Web exclusives including:

• VFD Cables Help Save Energy, Provide Precise Motor Drive Control. Take the time to select the right cable for your applications, and prevent your cable from becoming the weak link in a variable-frequency drive system.
  

Automation Fair® Event 2010

November 3-4, Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Florida
Attendance is free! Plan to join us for Automation Fair and:

• Learn about smart, safe, sustainable automation solutions that optimize production and drive competitive advantage
  
• Attend industry forums, hands-on labs, technical sessions and demonstrations
  
• View advanced technology displays from Rockwell Automation and our PartnerNetwork™ members
  

Pre-Show Events

• Nov. 1-2: Process Solutions User Group (PSUG) meeting. Direct the future development of process products, solutions, and delivery – and improve your operations today with best practices from your peers. Continue process learning with special workshops and labs at Automation Fair Nov. 3-4. Registration: $399. More information and register. Event overview and agenda (PDF).
  
  
• Nov. 2: Safety Automation Forum. Join industry speakers and experts to learn about safety's continued importance within manufacturing, its affect on the top and bottom line, and how you can leverage changing standards. Registration opens July 15.