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Allen-Bradley 450L perimeter access control (PAC) GuardShield safety light curtains eliminate the need for hard-guarding and gates, while allowing frequent and safe access to ...
Jan. 30, 2023
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Flex 5000 safety I/O provide device monitoring and meet functional safety fail-safe requirements, minimizing related downtime risks in a wide range of process applications. These...
Feb. 8, 2022
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Controller emulation software allows designers to save time and costs, optimize machine performance, and get to market faster. Part of the Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk DesignSuite...
Aug. 10, 2021
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Rockwell Automation has expanded its cyber-threat detection services with the addition of Cisco Cyber Vision to its LifecycleIQ services portfolio. While deeper IT/OT integration...
June 16, 2021
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New, industrial Allen-Bradley Versa-View 6300 PCs and thin clients combine with FactoryTalk View human-machine interface (HMI) software and ThinManager thin-client management ...
Dec. 10, 2020
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Allen-Bradley 843ES CIP Safety over EtherNet/IP absolute encoders are designed to meet the needs of safety applications that require speed, direction or position-monitoring functions...
May 20, 2020
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FactoryTalk AssetCentre software now offers disaster-recovery support for FactoryTalk View Site Edition HMI applications and Stratix 5400, 5700 and 8000 managed Ethernet switches...
Sept. 10, 2019
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Aims to boost team productivity by enabling users to collaborate and share knowledge, view live production diagnostics, interact with machine alarms, and troubleshoot devices....
Nov. 30, 2016
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Provides backup AC power to control cabinets in order to bridge dips, sags or brief losses of power, which assists PCs, PLCs, data-logging HMIs and other control devices that ...
Oct. 12, 2016
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Automates discovery and tracks status of devices, network switches and software on workstations.
Aug. 29, 2016

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“No department wanted to be the reason why the project was delayed.” ICL’s David Kaltwasser shared details of his operation’s deadline-driven implementation during Rockwell Automation’s Process Solutions User Group (PSUG) in the run up to Automation Fair 2022 in Chicago.
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Design requirements focused on ease of integration.
Nov. 21, 2022
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“Looking back, the trial was extremely beneficial,” Cenovus Energy’s Riley Pashniak explained how the company unified operations across four of its sites in an Integrated Control Center before bringing in the other eight.
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Company unified operations across four of its sites in an ICC before bringing in the other eight.
Nov. 21, 2022
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“The boiler feedwater upgrade reduced the time that operations and maintenance spent on troubleshooting by 60%.” Teng’s Glen Rycroft discussed the substantial benefits realized by the company’s recent system upgrade of an older system to PlantPAx.
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Teng Inc. realized substantial benefits by upgrading to PlantPAx.
Nov. 21, 2022
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“This is not your father’s manufacturing facility,” said Plex Systems’ Jerry Foster during his presentation on how innovative technologies are boosting productivity.
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How innovative technologies are boosting productivity
Nov. 21, 2022
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“We believe that a more powerful tomorrow is within sight.” Rockwell Automation’s Matheus Bulho (left) and Dan DeYoung discussed how simpler, integrated automation development environments could help users react more quickly to changing customer demands and reduce overall risk to workers and production.
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Simpler, integrated automation development environments could help users react more quickly and reduce overall risk
Nov. 21, 2022
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“If we pool our resources together, share risk and share reward, maybe we can accomplish something great.” Gillian Holcroft of ReThink Milling leads a consortium of mining companies and other interested parties in the development of new grinding technology that promises to cut energy consumption by 65% relative to traditional methods.
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Industry looks to modernization and sustainability
Nov. 17, 2022
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“I think integrating our data sources is going to get easier in the future, once we get over the hump of bringing them all together.” Greg Drewiske of papermaker Billerud Americas Corp. represented the end-user perspective during the Pulp & Paper Industry Forum at Automation Fair 2022.
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Industry experts discuss increasing automation, digitalization and data analytics in papermaking
Nov. 17, 2022
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“The underlying infrastructure is essential to modernization.” Helen Dotson of Archer-Daniels-Midland during the Chemical Industry Forum at Automation Fair 2022.
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Chemical manufacturers need to update aging technology while also meeting ESG goals
Nov. 17, 2022
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“As the stakeholders come up with needs, we’re figuring out what technologies are available for those needs.” Oxy’s Alan Bryant described the oil and gas industry’s need to optimize operations against additional parameters, such as those required by ESG constraints.
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How digitalization has evolved and what it means for today's oil & gas industry
Nov. 17, 2022
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“We want the information to come up safely into the cloud and ping us. Those things are going to evolve.” Pearson Packaging’s Andrea Zaman explained how digitalization will empower workers during the Food & Beverage Industry Forum at Automation Fair in Chicago.
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Panel explores how digitalization can empower food & beverage industry workers
Nov. 17, 2022

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“The system can contain up to three banks and have 24 modules in a bank, giving 192 I/O points for simplex or 96 I/O points for duplex.” Rockwell Automation’s Armand Prezioso demonstrated the new FLEXHA 5000 configurable I/O platform at Automation Fair in Chicago.
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Company began taking orders for its new FLEXHA 5000 I/O platform this week
Nov. 16, 2022
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“We want to displace diesel.” Sanjay Shrestha of green hydrogen producer Plug Power was among the Sustainability Industry Forum speakers who pointed to automation and digital transformation as key to scaling society’s sustainability efforts.
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Rockwell customers find success in maneuvering the path to net-zero targets.
Nov. 16, 2022
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“We built containerized modules that can connect to all of these different instruments no matter what the vendor.” Matthew Laing of Eli Lilly joined a panel that shared lessons learned from their digital journeys at Automation Fair in Chicago.
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Nov. 16, 2022
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“The data we get off of electric vehicles is immense—for monitoring, for maintenance, for performance optimization to validate quality claims.” Darren Elliott of ZEVx joined panelists in the Automotive & Tire Industry Forum at Automation Fair to discuss how digitalization is critical for accessing and modifying data to improve processes.
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Digitalization is critical for accessing and modifying data to improve processes in the automotive and tire industry.
Nov. 16, 2022
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“It’s crucial to get IT and OT together and secure management buy-in. After these relationships are established, everything gets easier.” Jason Wirtz, City of Sioux Falls, and a group of water/wastewater panelists discussed digitalization and the responsibilities it brings.
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Automation Fair panelists discussed digitalization and the responsibilities it brings.
Nov. 16, 2022
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“We work with all different types of companies and industries, but our focus is solving real customer problems, and not just waving new technologies in front of people.” Cyril Perducat of Rockwell Automation discussed how the company is helping its customers become more agile and resilient through the application of relevant technologies.
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Nov. 15, 2022
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“Manufacturing data has historically been gridlocked, trapped in the devices or the applications where it was created.” Rockwell Automation’s Brian Shepherd announced new FactoryTalk features designed to unlock data’s potential during Perspectives at Automation Fair in Chicago.
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New FactoryTalk features are designed to unlock data’s potential
Nov. 15, 2022
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“Front-end consultations about sustainability and energy management are very important.” Rockwell Automation’s Pete Morrell addressed the press, along with colleague Tom O’Reilly, about helping clients work toward their sustainability and net-zero goals at Automation Fair in Chicago.
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How Rockwell is helping its customers meet their sustainability, net-zero goals
Nov. 15, 2022
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“We’ve never been more well equipped and more enabled to succeed by the technology we have to leverage.” Rockwell Automation’s Tessa Myers discussed how manufacturers’ ability to satisfy rapidly changing expectations hinges on transforming production logistics, producing more locally and diving into the data.
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Nov. 15, 2022
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Sustainability, digital transformation and flexible manufacturing will shape the process industries’ investments for many years to come, agreed a panel of industry experts who convened to kick off the Process Solutions Users Group in this week’s run up to Automation Fair 2022 in Chicago.
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Nov. 15, 2022
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Nov. 14, 2022
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“We saw 20 years of evolution happen in just two because we had to.” Rockwell Automation’s Blake Moret recalled the complications of COVID-19 when he kicked off Perspectives during the run up to Automation Fair this week in Chicago.
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Rockwell focuses on industrial automation and digital transformation to fight post-pandemic challenges
Nov. 14, 2022
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“They want everything to be as simple as possible. Let the logic in the machines do the changeover, so the operator just has to press a few buttons.” Triangle Package’s N’gai Merrill explained why Post wanted a simplified version of machine changeover for its multiple cereal brands during a facility tour in conjunction with Automation Fair 2022.
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Nov. 14, 2022
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“Low-code/no-code extends HART features that couldn’t be easily deployed before and lets users extract messages, migrate them to controls and even create graphics.” Rockwell Automation’s Dave Rapini explained how open technologies have reduced coding to simple configuration during the PSUG keynote.
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PlantPAx 5.2 will be highlighted by the fully redundant FLEXHA 5000 I/O platform
Nov. 14, 2022
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“All of this was made possible with PlantPAx.” Automation Werx’ Nick Reichelt explained how the company helped Millenkamp Cattle dramatically streamline milking processes at the organization’s Jerome, Idaho, facility.
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Millenkamp Cattle dramatically streamlines milking processes at Jerome, Idaho, facility
Nov. 14, 2022
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“All the different building blocks come together in a standard hierarchy.” Anees Chamarty, together with Cassy Gardner of E Tech Group, detailed the company’s use of PlantPAx to automate all the various phases of a new pilot plant for meat cultivation.
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Rockwell Automation’s PlantPAx platform provides flexibility to design, program and test distributed control system (DCS) in six months
Nov. 13, 2022
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As critical as the effort is, many of the commonly pursued steps to decarbonization—think electrification, the use of renewable energy, intensifying energy-efficiency measures...
Nov. 12, 2021
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“The question is on the top of everybody’s mind, especially among our customers,” began Brian Shepherd, senior vice president of software and control at Rockwell Automation. “...
Nov. 12, 2021
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Across industry, energy management has become part of the way we do business. In many cases, regulations are forcing industry to meet new standards, and many are making sustainability...
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Nov. 12, 2021
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Digital transformation means a new kind of machinery with the ability to share data to the edge and the cloud. But change comes slowly and usually in waves. Original equipment...
Nov. 12, 2021
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“The first step of a digital transformation is to gather up all the data points of your OT system,” said Shannon Chan, Rockwell Automation PlantPAx product specialist, at the ...
Nov. 11, 2021
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Digital transformation can be tricky for any enterprise, but those in the life-sciences space face particularly high hurdles due to strict regulations and elongated times to market...
Nov. 11, 2021
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How do you build a new, state-of-the-art distributed control system for a food processing plant and customer design team that often are physically inaccessible to you due to COVID...
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More brains and backgrounds mean better decisions and greater productivity. This is the simple and laudable logic driving Rockwell Automation’s accelerating diversity, equity ...
Nov. 11, 2021
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Industry has been on the digital journey for some years, and while some have made big strides, many have yet to start. In big industry, like automotive and tire manufacturing,...
Nov. 11, 2021
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Recruiting, managing and retaining skilled workers have remained critical priorities for manufacturing organizations. The challenges created by the COVID-19 global pandemic not...
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A large consumer products company with manufacturing all around the world faced a specific challenge. The company was closing a facility in the United States, but that production...
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“The success of everyone really depends on understanding what’s possible, and the only way you can truly understand what’s possible is through the power of knowledge,” began Frank...
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As with other Logix controllers, users can employ Rockwell Software Studio 5000 design software to configure the ControlLogix 5580.
March 29, 2016
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PowerFlex 7000 drive system is the first 50-kA, arc-resistant, medium-voltage drive featuring full regeneration capabilities.
Jan. 13, 2016
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OptiSISsolution is a pre-engineered SIS that eases deployment and reduces lead times.
July 22, 2015
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OptiSIS safety instrumented systems handle up to 100 I/O points.
July 6, 2015
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Allen-Bradley Armor GuardLogix PAC is IP67-, SIL 3-, PL(e)-, CAT 4-rated with 4 MB of application code storage space and two EtherNet/IP device-level ring (DLR)-capable connections...
May 27, 2015
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PowerFlex 523 AC Drives are for Simple, Standalone Machines.
Jan. 21, 2015
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Allen-Bradley Armor GuardLogix PAC can be installed directly on-machine to simplify system architecture
Oct. 14, 2014
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Device Communicates Diagnostic Data Via a Built-In Modbus Interface to Controllers
July 21, 2014
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AADvance Workbench 2.0 is a complete design, configuration and maintenance software environment.
May 5, 2014
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Extreme Environment panel PC combines safety with the capacity to withstand more extreme temperatures than any other offering on the market.
March 11, 2014
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Rockwell Automation is expanding mobile capabilities within its enterprise manufacturing intelligence software suite to bring customers the information they need the way they ...
Jan. 6, 2014
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The multifunctional design provides an integrated shielding connection in feed-through and fuse terminal blocks, removing the need for an additional grounding terminal block.
Sept. 26, 2013
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Allen-Bradley Stratix 5700 managed industrial Ethernet switch has an optional integrated Network Address Translation (NAT) feature that allows for high performance and simplified...
July 11, 2013
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FactoryTalk View Site Edition (SE) and Machine Edition (ME) 7.0 applications offer more efficient alarm management, simplified installation, improved user experience and integrated...
Feb. 26, 2013
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SMC-50 smart motor controller includes a newly designed three-phase, fully solid-state, silicon-controlled rectifier (SCR) power structure
Feb. 1, 2013
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Studio 5000 unified engineering and design environment sets the foundation for design tools
Dec. 10, 2012
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Allen-Bradley ControlLogix 5570 series PACs have enhanced memory and process capabilities
Nov. 29, 2012
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The new 1732E Slim ArmorBlock digital scheduled output module can schedule an output in 1 microsecond increments, and trigger multiple outputs at intervals of 100 microseconds...
Aug. 15, 2012
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ControlLogix PACs provide multi-disciplined, scalable control, and include several native capabilities for executing loop control
April 16, 2012
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This module is designed to fit into a standard Point I/O system to provide automation and safety functionality
Feb. 27, 2012
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Allen Bradley's PanelView Plus 6 HMI terminal includes more memory with faster refresh rates.
Feb. 27, 2012
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Allen-Bradley ControlLogix L7 series PACs offer enhanced memory and process capabilities, and enable seamless integration with motion drives through EtherNet/IP and SERCOS network...
Jan. 13, 2012
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The Allen-Bradley Extreme Environment Panel PC combines intrinsic safety with the capacity to withstand extreme temperatures.
Nov. 18, 2010
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ERP Integration Gateway
Nov. 3, 2010
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Rockwell Automation Expands Sensor Offering with New Stainless Steel Sensors
Oct. 22, 2010
Rockwell Automation has extended the capabilities of its Rockwell Software industry solutions with an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Integration Gateway application. The application...
Sept. 1, 2010
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Expanded Batch Capability
Aug. 27, 2010
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Embedded Dio Module
Aug. 10, 2010
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New version reduces system engineering and provides more data for reporting and analysis.
June 14, 2010
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The latest version of RSLogix 5000 software from Rockwell Automation
Feb. 22, 2010
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Oct. 27, 2009
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FactoryTalk VantagePoint software is designed for Web-based reporting of plant-floor data
Nov. 21, 2008
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VersaView 200R industrial computer offers a fanless design
July 8, 2007
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Series B MicroLogix 1100 industrial controller combines control, communication and visualization in one package
May 8, 2007
Micrologix controller includes onboard Ethernet web server
March 27, 2007
New site helps streamline users' experience with integrated architecture
Feb. 22, 2007
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Plant floor data via the web
Oct. 17, 2005
ControlNet cards plug and play
Feb. 14, 2005
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Variable-speed AC drives
Jan. 4, 2005
Deterministic communications module takes priority
Dec. 10, 2004
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No waiting! Communication module talks to PanelView on time
Nov. 24, 2004
Monitoring modules help maintain equipment performance
Oct. 20, 2004
Programming/HMI port maintains network connectivity
Oct. 7, 2004
DCS improves plant floor visibility
June 1, 2004