Frank Lloyd Wright would be very proud. To help end users and OEMs reduce costs associated with integration and achieve greater manufacturing agility, Rockwell Automation staged its ÂIntegrated Architecture Logix Solutions Tour during this weekÂs Automation Fair 2007 at McCormick Place in Chicago.
Integrated Architecture is designed to assist OEMs in reaching advanced levels of integration by instilling optimal information-sharing from production through the rest of the enterprise. And, unlike many control and information solutions that consist of loosely-integrated technologies, Rockwell AutomationÂs Integrated Architecture approach helps lower integration costs, improves manufacturing agility, and helps end users make faster, better business decisions.
ÂIf you look beyond the functionality and value of the individual technologies that make up an integrated environmentÂcontrol, networking, visualization, and informationÂyou can see that a comprehensive system can exponentially help enhance a manufacturerÂs factory performance, and lower the total cost to design, install, operate and maintain machinery, said Ken Deken, Rockwell AutomationÂs vice president for Logix/NetLinx. ÂEnd users can employ Integrated Architecture to leverage many advantages, such as a common database, tag-based memory, library of faceplates, and one communications protocol and operating environment to help improve the userÂs experience.Â