Automation Fair 2009
Demonstration Workshops
These Workshops will be offered once each day of Automation Fair 2009. They are 2-hour sessions and will include demonstrations and presentations by leading industry experts. All workshops are first-come, first-served — just show up and sit down. No additional registration is required.
W1: Build a Solid Plant-floor Infrastructure through Network and Security Design and Implementation
Days: Wednesday, November 11 and Thursday, November 12
Time: 8:30 AM
Room: 213A
Presenter: Pete Morrell
This interactive workshop will share potential security threats to automation equipment and control networks and present considerations for creating and maintaining a secure manufacturing infrastructure. Learn key elements for plant-floor network and security design and implementation to optimize performance and production.
W2: Understand and Implement High Availability
Days: Wednesday, November 11 and Thursday, November 12
Time: 11:00 AM
Room: 213A
Presenter: Tony Sorbello
This Workshop will review the two types of redundancy (hard and soft), how to choose the correct option for an application and how to implement the chosen option. It will also cover advanced features such as alarms and events, PhaseManager, optimizing the system, etc.
W3: Machine Safety Risk Assessment
Days: Wednesday, November 11 and Thursday, November 12
Time: 2:00 PM
Room: 213A
Presenter: Mike Duta
Learn the components of a Safety Risk Assessment. Review standards, assign risks and check circuit and guarding performance. This Workshop covers IEC 62061 Methodology/ISO 1412 including a class assignment to complete your own risk assessment.
W4: Solutions for Manufacturing Energy Management
Days: Wednesday, November 11 and Thursday, November 12
Time: 8:30 AM
Room: 213B
Presenter: Sean Schmelzer
Learn more about using RSEnergyMetrix with FactoryTalk VantagePoint to create a solution for the data capture, historization, reporting and analytics needed for complete visibility into past, present and future process data sets. Companies can have instant access to this data. This solution becomes the basis for planning optimization strategies.
W5: Migrating Legacy Platforms to ControlLogix
Days: Wednesday, November 11 and Thursday, November 12
Time: 11:00 AM
Room: 213B
Presenter: Jeff Ipser
This Workshop demonstrates various tools available to help migrate from legacy platforms to ControlLogix. A strong emphasis will be placed on migrating PLC-3 and PLC-5 along with a discussion of competitive migrations. The Workshop will walk attendees through a phased migration and show how the tools can be used to maximize benefits while reducing risk and downtime.
W6: Optimizing Control System Performance
Days: Wednesday, November 11 and Thursday, November 12
Time: 2:00 PM
Room: 213B
Presenter: Fred Habenschuss
Optimize performance of an Integrated Architecture application with tips and best practices from application engineers on allocating resources for code execution, improving network performance and data collection.
W7: Reference Architectures: Fundamentals of Industrial Ethernet Network Design
Days: Wednesday, November 11 and Thursday, November 12
Time: 8:30 AM
Room: 213C
Presenter: Gregory Wilcox
This Workshop demonstrates core principles for designing industrial Ethernet networks using the concepts delivered in the Rockwell Automation and Cisco Converged Plantwide Ethernet Architectures. It includes best practices and recommendations that are applicable to both IT and manufacturing networks as well as switch/router deployment. A prior understanding of general Ethernet concepts is recommended.
W8: Safety System Solution Design -- It’s not Black Magic and You can Do It
Days: Wednesday, November 11 and Thursday, November 12
Time: 11:00 AM
Room: 213C
Presenter: George Schuster
This Workshop will demonstrate how to design a safety solution for an actual application utilizing many aspects of the safety lifecycle, including risk assessment, risk mitigation planning, component selection/actuation and define the functional requirements. Attendees will identify the solution, design the circuit and perform verification. It covers most aspects of an application design.
W9: System Design for the Control of Electrical Noise
Days: Wednesday, November 11 and Thursday, November 12
Time: 2:00 PM
Room: 213C
Presenter: Jeff Meier
This session outlines the practices which minimize the possibility of noise-related failures and comply with noise regulations. It gives an overview of how electrical noise is generated, how the noise interferes with routine operation of drive equipment and examples of how to effectively control noise. The session will focus on Allen-Bradley brand Drive and Servo Motion products.
W10: Functional Safety: Demystifying Performance Levels (PLs) and Safety Integrity Levels (SILs)
Days: Wednesday, November 11 and Thursday, November 12
Time: 8:30 AM
Room: 213D
Presenter: Mike Miller and Mike Kingsley
New safety standards mean changes in the way that machinery risk for safety-related control systems is classified. Even if you are familiar with existing concepts related to “safety reliable” and “categories”, you will need to understand the new terminology of PLs and SILs. This Workshop will provide a brief overview of applying standards, circuit design and calculations to determine system capability, and an example of complex SIL determination and calculations.
W11: EOI Integration in Action
Days: Wednesday, November 11 and Thursday, November 12
Time: 11:00 AM
Room: 213D
Presenter: Arlen Jacobs
This interactive Workshop demonstrates how to use PanelView Component, PanelView Plus and Industrial Computers to provide industry solutions. Live and interactive hardware demonstrations will utilize third-party equipment, integrate with Encompass Partner devices, highlight unique HMI designs and more. Products demonstrated will include biometric devices, printers, barcode scanners, drives and message displays.
W12: Mastering Manufacturing Data Collection and Reporting
Days: Wednesday, November 11 and Thursday, November 12
Time: 2:00 PM
Room: 213D
Presenter: Dave Smith
To make important business decisions, customers need the right information, in the right place, at the right time. From OEE to historical displays, this Workshop will show how new technologies are providing valuable information exactly when, where and how users need it to make actionable and educated decisions.