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The JOURNAL

From Rockwell Automation and Our Partners

The JOURNAL from Rockwell Automation and Our Partners is a bimonthly magazine designed to educate engineers about leading-edge automation products and services from Rockwell Automation, as well as the complementary technology from the company's strategic partners.

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DEPARTMENTS

WEB EXCLUSIVES

  • Amusement Park Scares Visitors — with Safety in Mind
    GuardLogix PAC oversees the control and safety of riders on theme park's SAW - The Ride, all on a single network and using common hardware and software.
  • How Solvent Recovery Helps Life Science Companies
    Recovering waste solvents on-site for reuse helps manufacturers reduce costs, shrink the companies' carbon footprints and protect a dwindling supply.
  • Free Energy Calculators!
    Rockwell Automation offers free energy savings calculators that allow you to see the energy savings you would gain by installing a drive for fan and pump applications vs. a traditional control method (valve).

COVER STORY

FEATURES

  • Supplier Partnership Delivers in Record Time — See how a recycling systems OEM used automation to design and install complete greenfield municipal recycling facilities to ease sorting of recycled materials.
  • Why Risk Interoperability? — Rockwell Automation and Endress+Hauser offer a set of integration tools that allow seamless operation between control systems and process measurement instrumentation.
  • Save Energy by Running Motors Intelligently — Tools that help companies monitor electricity usage across entire plants, on individual process lines and even on individual motors, pay for themselves quickly.
  • It's Gettin' Hot in Here — An industrial furnace manufacturer used advanced process control for emissions compliance while slashing engineering and delivery times, wiring costs and energy use.
  • Sustainability Helps in Hard Times — Machine safety and energy assessments can help cut costs and improve efficiencies while increasing profitability in tough economic times.
  • Electrical Safety Standard Gets Updated — The 3rd Edition of the UL 1449 standard for surge suppression includes new terminology, test program and specifying requirements. Learn what this means to you.
  • How Will Your Control System Run? — Model-based control system design lets engineers create and run simulations of automation models before going live.
  • Packaging Collaboration Delivers Precision — A new shrink-sleeve labeling machine is one of the fastest in the market, thanks to a single software package that performs all the drive and motion control functions. See how teamwork made it happen.