BusinessIn light of recently developed global safety standards and technologies, manufacturing safety is emerging as a powerful tool that combines workplace safety with long sought after production capacity improvements. These innovative safety strategies and technologies not only reduce injuries; they provide significant improvements in manufacturing productivity and efficiency through improved machine uptime. Around the globe, manufacturing leaders are beginning to realize – “Safety is Good Business!”
Rockwell Automation Machine Safety Consultants can assist end users, integrators and OEM’s at any step of a safeguarding project from training, standards assistance, to risk and hazard assessments, circuit evaluations, system architecture development, system and hard guarding design, through validation and startup.
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Networks
Troubleshooting industrial networks
Process manufacturing facilities are turning to digital networking controls at a record pace. Industrial Ethernet use alone is projected to grow over 50 % each year for the next five years. Networked systems increase immediate production efficiency, through smart sensors and controls, and add extensive value to overall plant management. Ethernet and other networks are now designed specifically for industrial applications, with tougher shielding for better temperature, corrosion, shock, and vibration performance.
But there are still problems. Industrial networks still suffer from degradation and interference and once the IT professional installs the system, the plant engineer is often left to maintain it…without the tools or knowledge required. Since the trend isn’t stopping, the solution is better communications between IT and maintenance, and better training and tools for plant engineers. IT isn’t always as sensitive to the urgency of plant downtime, and plant engineers aren’t always part of, or party to, the network installation or operation guidelines. The end result is that plant engineers are being asked to do more than ever.
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