The JOURNAL

WEB EXCLUSIVES

• How RF-Enabled ID Cards Can Help with Compliance
  See how food and beverage and pharmaceutical companies can use existing employee door-access security badges to help with accountability and regulatory requirements.
• VIDEO: Energy-Saving Resources
  Get a peek at what industrial firms need to do to help meet their energy and environmental challenges.
• VIDEO: Diagnostic Tools Help Network Reliability
  See how DeviceNet diagnostic tools from Molex identify net power, data and excessive bandwidth consumption problems on an industrial network.
• What You Need to Know about Maritime Emissions Rules
  Diesel engines make ships a major emitter of toxic gases. Learn how the North American Emission Control Area (ECA) standards will reduce emissions and significantly improve air quality.
• VIDEO: Remote Access Gateway Lets Users Access PLCs
  Spectrum Controls demonstrates its industrial remote access solution and universal input modules for the Allen-Bradley Micro800.

Download the April 2013 issue

DEPARTMENTS

• Editor's Viewpoint
• News and Noteworthy
• PartnerNetwork Update
• Encompass Showcase
• Product Focus
• Ad Index

WEB EXCLUSIVES

• VIDEO: How Cloud Computing Enables Remote Maintenance
  Mathew Bryan, president of M.G. Bryan Heavy Equipment Company, describes how this oil and gas OEM pioneered first-of-its-kind, cloud computing asset performance management with help from Rockwell Automation and Microsoft.
• VIDEO: Smart Manufacturing for OEMs
  Learn how Rockwell Automation helps OEMs deliver equipment that improves end-user plant operational efficiency and helps eliminate downtime.

COVER STORY

• Data at Your Fingertips
  Remote access to production data provides the flexibility to apply the right resources at the right time.

FEATURES

• How to Better See and Use Your Data
  Learn from a dairy processor that gained insight into operations by using advanced process automation and centralizing and gathering real-time data, which helps managers make better decisions for profitability and efficiency.
• How the PartnerNetwork Brings Value to You
  In this chat with The Aagard Group’s president, see just one example of how the Rockwell Automation PartnerNetwork benefits both partners and manufacturers.
• Ethernet Enables Smart Manufacturing
  OEMs are using a single control and information platform to connect the plant floor to the enterprise and to meet end-user demands for throughput, efficiency, flexibility and downtime.
• Working in Harmony
  Learn how a machine builder reduced its design time by 70%, increased its time to market and met global safety standards.
• Leverage Your Employee ID Card Beyond the Door
  Latest-generation login technology expands the role of building security access cards by using EtherNet/IP to secure access to programmable controllers, HMIs and other applications.
• How to Choose the Right Sanitary Conveyor for Food Applications
  Discover six levels of conveyor construction, and how it can affect equipment investment, sanitation quality and cleaning efficiencies for food processors.

WEB EXCLUSIVES

• 4 Things to Consider Before You Virtualize
  A virtual manufacturing environment can minimize machine downtime and hardware costs and simplify maintenance. Find out what you need for successful deployment.
• Remote Monitoring: A Cure for Maintenance Headaches
  Continuous online monitoring systems give industrial firms access to real-time production data that can help improve preventive maintenance and business decision-making.
• VIDEO: How to Take Electrical Measurements Wirelessly
  New technology delivers real-time measurements that are remote, simultaneous and recordable.
• Boost Network Performance with Segmentation
  Learn how creating smaller, segmented networks can cut network infrastructure development costs while improving performance and security.
• How to Design Networks for Plantwide Communication
  Learn how an integrated zone cabling plan can slash network deployment time up to 75%, cut down on material and labor costs, and allow for future expansion.
• VIDEO: Manage Communications, Power and Controls
  See a demonstration of how to achieve network simplification from the electrical panel to the plant.

WEB EXCLUSIVES

• Tech Specs for Arc Flash Safety
  A quick guide to what you need to know about arc-resistant electrical equipment.
• VIDEO: Devices Help Electrical Cabinet Safety
  Learn how Permanent Electrical Safety Devices help protect workers with through-door electrical safety and visual voltage indication.
• Electrical Safety by Design
  Easy-to-add devices for control panels help avoid injury, equipment damage and downtime caused by arc-flash hazards.
• VIDEO: Network Diagnostic Tools Stand Up in Harsh Environments
  Diagnostic tools are designed to provide system integrators with tools to commission networked automation, and help manufacturers prevent downtime.

Download the February 2013 issue

DEPARTMENTS

• Editor's Viewpoint
• News and Noteworthy
• PartnerNetwork Update
• Encompass Showcase
• Product Focus
• Ad Index

WEB EXCLUSIVES

• VIDEO: Process Instrumentation Provides Interoperability
  Watch this video to see how Endress+Hauser provides hands-on process manufacturing training, invests in R&D and collaborates with Rockwell Automation.
• VIDEO: What Structural Aluminum Profiles Can Do For You
  Learn how the profiles offer a cost-effective, viable option to welded steel while increasing safety.
• How an OEM Improved Machine Performance for Customers
  See how a food-industry machine maker uses Integrated Architecture to improve a design engineer’s ability to reuse programming code and slash installation time.
• Get What You Want in Low-Bid Projects
  Don’t let low-bid suppliers make decisions they shouldn’t for your water wastewater projects.

COVER STORY

• Is This You?
  There’s no denying it: A unifi ed machinery safety standard is coming! What should you do to stay current?

FEATURES

• Advancements in Storage Tank Safety
  New overfill prevention system helps increase safety, reduce engineering and maintenance costs for chemical, oil and gas tanks.
• Safety System Validation Takes the Spotlight
  OEMs are focusing more on proving that a safety circuit or design works as needed to help protect workers and meet safety standards. Learn about Kimberly-Clark’s best practices for safety system validation.
• Legal Considerations in Product Liability
  When it comes to safety automation, liability includes equal portions of due diligence and common sense. Learn about the factors that can help OEMs and manufacturers avoid the mess of injured workers, legal liability and reputation damage.
• Automation Fair 2012 Returns to Philadelphia
  Event makes a triumphant return to where it all began, with educational sessions, forums and exhibits to help manufacturers achieve smart, safe, sustainable production.
• Common Purge and Pressurization Mistakes
  Check out these frequent pitfalls before you purge and pressurize nonhazardous enclosures populated with general-purpose equipment that will be used in hazardous locations.

WEB EXCLUSIVES

• What the New Food Safety Law Means to You
  The FDA’s Food Safety Modernization Act means big changes are coming for food companies and packaging equipment manufacturers along your entire supply chain — especially in prevention and recordkeeping.
• Did You Know? Safety Standards Help Cut Financial, Legal Risk
  Designing machines to the most stringent standards, typically in Europe, not only protects workers, but also helps minimize liability if someone gets hurt.
• VIDEO: Machine Vision Helps Traceability
  See how machine vision solutions inspect products for quality, safety and more.
• How to Reduce Emissions While Improving Operations
  Optimize emissions monitoring systems to support U.S. EPA Title V Monitoring compliance while also improving productivity and energy efficiency.
• Wrapping It Up: PACK EXPO 2012
  Energy efficiency, remote monitoring, safety and plant-floor and enterprise convergence highlight displays of process and packaging lines.