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UPDATE #9

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In this issue:

• Economic new compact I/O modules offer ease-of-use
• Softstarter with integrated I/O offers diagnostic and control capability
• Software bundle helps users to manage processes effectively
• Ethernet processor added to PLC-5 controller family
• Add more flexibility and reliability
• Breakers and contactors ready for export to China
• Getting tough with power integrity
• Mini contactors and relays enhance modular control system range
• Broader Terminal Blocks offering allows better solutions
• Data collector for multiple applications suits all users
• Fixed-time relay offers low-cost solution
• Greater safety for machine operators
• Extended operator protection for harsh environments
• Miniature proximity sensors are ideal where space is limited
• Flexible, cost effective, closed-loop speed and positional control
• Minotaur MRS300 Modular Monitoring Safety Relays

New condition-monitoring modules expand predictive maintenance offering

We have expanded our Allen-Bradley Entek XM Series line of distributed protection and monitoring tools with two new modules designed to help manufacturers achieve and maintain optimum performance of their automation equipment.

Suited for applications within the marine, power generation, water/wastewater, petrochemical and other industries with large rotating equipment, the XM Series modules use existing networks to gather and distribute data across the enterprise as part of a strategic predictive maintenance programme.

As the industry’s first machine monitoring and protection system that successfully links maintenance tools into the control architecture, the two new XM Series condition monitoring modules – Dual Speed and Aeroderivative – can be deployed on an open standard industrial bus, allowing continuous and cost-efficient monitoring and protection of critical plant floor assets.

“The new XM Series modules broaden the range of applications that can take advantage of the technology as part of a predictive maintenance strategy,” explains Josep Manuel Fernandez, business manager, Integrated Condition Monitoring, Rockwell Automation. “By integrating maintenance into the control design and engineering environment, organisations can achieve greater return on investment over the life of the equipment.”

Information gathered by the modules allows maintenance personnel to identify developing faults and correct problems before downtime events occur, helping to prevent impacts to production and safety. Because the XM Series leverages a plant’s existing control architecture, users are able to reduce wiring by as much as 80 percent.

The XM-220 Dual Speed module is a highly accurate and configurable solution for monitoring machine speed, direction of rotation and acceleration. Ideally suited for rotary equipment such as centrifuges and turbines, the module measures speed – rotor acceleration and peak speed – and is capable of detecting zero speed, locked rotor and reverse rotation.

The XM-123 Aeroderivative module is designed with the flexibility to meet the monitoring requirements of the majority of engines on the market, including gas turbine designs, which have typically required specialised solutions to address the inherent noise these machines generate. The wide compatibility of XM-123 allows customers to purchase and support just one monitor for all of their aeroderivative machine monitoring applications.