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September 29, 2011

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Safety eToolkit

Your Serious Safety eToolkit helps you quickly select Allen-Bradley® Guardmaster® safety components. You’ll have access to complete specs, literature library, and more. It’s a great resource for every automation safety professional. Download your free Allen-Bradley Serious Safety eToolkit here.

Guardmaster

New generation Guardmaster® safety relays provide six innovative solutions to meet endless possibilities. Designed to new functional standards. Universal inputs. Simple rotary switch configuration. And easy single-wire expansion. Learn about Allen-Bradley® Guardmaster® safety relays here.

GuardShield

Advanced Allen-Bradley® GuardShield™ light curtains protect people and machinery. Finger to whole-body detection. Simple on/off or advanced functionality. Short-range, long-range, and specialty applications. Plus integrated laser-alignment models. Learn more about Allen-Bradley® GuardShield™ light curtains here

SensaGuard

Allen-Bradley® SensaGuard™, advanced sensing technology for enhanced machine safety. Full line of non-contact safety switches. Advanced diagnostics. Integrated latch and unique-coded models. On-board RFID for added security. Learn more about Allen-Bradley® SensaGuard™ non-contact safety switches here

Product Selection Toolbox

The Product Selection Toolbox holds product selection and system configuration tools to help you apply Allen-Bradley® products. Installed on your personal computer, it gives you quick access to information anywhere. Order your free Rockwell Automation Product Selection Toolbox here

Remote Control Locomotive Equipment Helping to Ensure More Accurate, Safer Pullback Operations

Remote Control Locomotive Equipment Helping to Ensure More Accurate, Safer Pullback Operations

In 2004, TUV Rheinland Rail Sciences, Inc. was contracted by The Catton Group International to help integrate a pullback protection technology into remote control locomotive (RCL) switching operations. The stopping distance calculations performed by TUV Rheinland Rail Sciences have since allowed for more accurate and safer pullback operations.

With the development of GPS and remote transponder systems, traditional two-person RCL long pullbacks can be performed with the use of only one remote control operator. Properly placed remote transponders backed by a GPS overlay can replace the functions that an on-board watchperson would perform, such as preventing the train from entering a grade crossing, reaching the end of the pullback track or entering the mainline track.
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		EtherNet/IP Architecture Cuts Engineering Costs A solar startup company contacted Owens Design, Fremont, Calif., about building an automated process assembly tool for its photovoltaic (PV) cell manufacturing operation. Owens Design provides equipment design and manufacturing services to machine builders in the semiconductor, solar, data storage and other emerging technology industries. More>>

		Network Meets Safety Standards CC-Link IE Field Network specifications include safety functions. With one gigabit-per-second communication speed, it is fast with sufficient communications capacity to be the backbone for automation control, safety, data communications, monitoring, and diagnostics. More>>

		SIL-rated Relays Designed For Process Safety Phoenix Contact expanded its range of safety process relays. The PSR-FSP2/2x1 and PSR—FSP/2x1 process safety relays are safe interposing relays specifically designed to operate with fail-safe controls in process applications. More>>

		Driver for Safety Controllers Communications driver supports the Omron STI G9SP safety controller. This driver lets the G3 Series HMIs, Data Station Plus and Modular Controller Series to monitor and control one or more STI G9SPs. More>>

		Compact Intrinsic Safety Isolators for Hazardous Areas Phoenix Contact’s line of Intrinsic Safety signal isolators link control and field level devices in hazardous locations to the safe area. The 12.5 mm-wide MACX Analog Ex product range comprises one- and two-channel intrinsically safe isolators. More>>

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