The expanded next-generation Integrated Architecture portfolio from Rockwell Automation reduces complexity while helping users meet future capacity and throughput needs as they design systems for a Connected Enterprise. The portfolio includes a newly released next-generation Allen-Bradley controller, graphic terminal, servo drive and distributed I/O system, as well as the latest release of the Rockwell Software Studio 5000 and FactoryTalk software…
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Rockwell Releases PlantPAx Software
Rockwell Automation’s PlantPAx model predictive control (MPC) software embeds fully functional MPC technology into Logix controllers to help maximize equipment performance. When used in process applications, it can improve overall control in a single machine or an entire line to help maximize throughput, increase yield, reduce quality variability and improve energy usage. PlantPAx MPC is included in the latest release…
Read MoreRockwell Automation Offers Energy Saving Drive
Rockwell Automation introduced the industry’s first 50-kA, arc-resistant medium-voltage drive featuring full regeneration capabilities. The advanced ArcShield technology adds to the Allen-Bradley PowerFlex 7000 medium-voltage drive product line. Combined with an integrated arc-resistant Allen-Bradley CENTERLINE starter, the new PowerFlex 7000 drive system with ArcShield technology provides a fully integrated, arc-resistant starter-and-drive system. The ArcShield technology redirects hazardous energy and gases…
Read MoreRockwell Automation Offers Tethered Operator Interface
Rockwell Automation introduced its new Allen Bradley MobileView tethered operator interface. The mobile terminal gives plant and industrial personnel the freedom to take a machine’s human-machine interface (HMI) with them to make real-time adjustments to out-of-view applications. The MobileView tethered operator interface is ideal for maintenance tasks, machine setup or calibration activities, and other HMI applications that require the operator…
Read MoreAllen-Bradley PowerFlex 527 AC Drive Can Improve Operations
Manufacturers are constantly looking for ways to improve their machines while reducing costs and complexity. The new Allen-Bradley PowerFlex 527 AC drive from Rockwell Automation can help them achieve those important goals.
Read MoreRockwell Terminals Offer Improved Touch Screen
Rockwell Automation reduces boot-up time and increases installation flexibility with the new space-saving Allen-Bradley PanelView 800 family of graphic terminals. The terminals, available in 4-, 7- and 10-in. display sizes, feature an 800 MHz CPU processor, up to 256 MB of flash, and dynamic memory to reduce boot-up time, making it two times faster than the previous PanelView Component terminal. The…
Read MoreRockwell Purchases Lockout-Tagout Provider
Rockwell Automation Inc. has purchased the assets of ESC Services Inc., a global hazardous energy control provider of lockout-tagout services and solutions. “ESC Services will enable Rockwell Automation customers to increase asset utilization and strengthen enterprise risk management, while adding safety to our growing portfolio of data-driven, cloud-enabled services,” said Matt Fordenwalt, Rockwell Automation consulting business manager. ESC’s unique methodology utilizes…
Read MoreRockwell Touts Safe Torque Off Technology
A new safe torque off option within the Allen-Bradley PowerFlex 7000 medium-voltage drive from Rockwell Automation helps industrial manufacturers and equipment builders simplify their functional safety design and meet the demands of international safety standards. Safe torque off technology allows users to reliably remove power from the motor without removing power to the drive, enabling a faster re-start of the system after…
Read MoreRockwell Switch Mounts Directly on Machine
Rockwell Automation has launched the Allen-Bradley ArmorStratix 5700, its first on-machine switch. Built with ruggedized IP67 protection, the Layer 2 managed industrial Ethernet switch can be mounted directly onto a machine or application, reducing the overall size and cost of a control cabinet, and shrinking the machine footprint. “In many applications, cabinet space for system-level networks is limited or nonexistent,”…
Read MoreRockwell Automation Introduces Single Global Line of Circuit Breakers
Industrial automation customers worldwide can now reap the business efficiencies of standardizing on the new global line of molded-case circuit breakers, and control-circuit and load-protection devices from Rockwell Automation. The new line meets global certifications, including CE, CSA, CE and CCC. All products are RoHS compliant and feature a reduction in materials that are hazardous to the environment. “Customers are…
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