Machine Builder (OEM) Solutions
What Matters
Essential Components Matter
Customers are challenging OEMs to meet increasingly tighter delivery deadlines at competitive price points without sacrificing machine quality. In response to these pressures, OEMs need a breadth of quality products with the flexibility to fit the specific customer needs. By selecting components from a reputable supplier such as Rockwell Automation, machine builders can count on robust products that are maintained by a global service and support network.
Quality and Product Breadth
A machine will only work as well as the components that go into it — and a single failure can affect the OEM's brand reputation. "Our reputation is built on the reliability of our equipment. And with the high-quality products and services from Rockwell Automation, that reliability is assured," explained Mark Pendley, control group leader, Nordson Nonwovens Systems.
With an expansive host of product offerings from a single supplier, OEMs can easily find components to meet their machine building needs. From power, logic, connectivity and safety to operator interface devices and sensors, Allen-Bradley® components are available from local distributors to streamline ordering efficiency and help machine builders localize their services and support in the global marketplace.
Increasingly, OEMs are being asked to provide long-term support for the machines they supply. Selecting quality components can save a machine builder maintenance costs in the long run. Allen-Bradley components offer the robustness needed to withstand rugged plant-floor environments. "Our work environment demands the most durable equipment. We rely on Allen-Bradley Bulletin 150™ SMC™-3 Soft Starters because they run forever and minimize downtime even in the harshest conditions," said Rick Boggess, Rick's Electric.
In addition to their durability, Allen-Bradley components serve as a differentiator for OEMs by adding value to the machines they build. All Allen-Bradley components can be easily integrated into existing control and information architectures to improve machine uptime. Smart devices increase communication on both stand-alone machines and integrated systems to assure maximum efficiency. To meet the needs of global machine builders, Allen-Bradley components comply with domestic and international standards.
Support from Selection to Implementation to Maintenance
It is this local supply and support coupled with reliable, robust components that enable OEMs to increase design time and time to market. To help OEMs choose the right components, Rockwell Automation has made it easier to select and access Allen-Bradley components. The entire breadth of products can be ordered using the product catalog, online resource center, the Product Selection Toolbox software, or by calling a toll-free number. In addition, OEMs have access to a local Allen-Bradley distributor for help with component selection and technical support.
Acquisition costs are often not indicative of the lower total cost of ownership realized by using quality Allen-Bradley components. With the preselection, configuration and installation support offered by Rockwell Automation, OEMs may reuse solutions across multiple machines and applications, enabling them to reduce programming time, training costs and other expenses.
It is no surprise that many OEMs are beginning to see that reliability, availability and eased integration are key attributes to machine performance. True value is measured only by examining these benefits. Rockwell Automation component engineering, selection tools and support provide exceptional value by helping OEMs compete more confidently in the global market.
Essential Components Highlights
- Flexibility — The breadth and depth of Allen-Bradley components allows OEMs to provide the right solution for a specific customer situation. Allen-Bradley components assure compatibility and ease of integration of new and hard-to-find component parts into legacy systems. On-Machine™ solutions offer a full suite of industrially-hardened component products specifically developed for placement on or near the application. These modular and compact-designed components with plug-and-play characteristics reduce overall costs for designing, building, installing and maintaining industrial equipment.
- Global Compliance — To compete globally, OEMs need components designed for compliance with local and international standards. Allen-Bradley components meet global requirements and are supported in more than 80 countries. Compliance enables OEMs to sell machines to global end users and allows for integration with other Allen-Bradley globally compliant products, including MicroLogix™ controllers and PowerFlex® drives.
- Configuration Support — Presale product selection and configuration support provided by Rockwell Automation helps OEMs reduce costly errors and select the right product for each application. Local supply and support saves time and money, and speeds installation. Around-the-clock support also is available through a team of reliable field service engineers.
- Quality and Durability — A wide variety of robust components provide OEMs with solutions to meet each application's specific needs. Allen-Bradley components are consistently ranked "Best in Category" in numerous independent studies in publications such as Control Design for their durability and reliability.
- Ease of Integration — Components can be easily integrated with Rockwell Automation developed architectures, as well as third-party platforms. Some Allen-Bradley components also feature "smart"devices using DeviceLogix™ technology that increases communication on stand-alone machines and entire lines for optimal product performance.
- Value — Customers demand more than performance and selection, they also seek a good value. The Essential Components program helps OEMs keep their costs in check by offering a wide range of parts that machine builders specify everyday, at competitive prices.
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