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ROUND UP
Faster plant diagnostics, collaboration with zero friction
Rockwell Automation
has introduced a new app, FactoryTalk Tea-
mONE, for iOS and Android smartphones. As part of the company’s
expanded Information Solutions strategy to help employees
make better decisions across their enterprise, the app seamlessly
connects to the technology that manufacturers adopt during their
digital transformation.The app boosts teamproductivity by enabling
users to collaborate and share knowledge, view live production di-
agnostics, interact with machine alarms, and troubleshoot devices.
Teams that use the FactoryTalkTeamONE app could drive a reduction
in mean time to repair (MTTR).
By offering near-instantaneous incident and device data, plant
floor, engineering and IT workers can collaborate as a team to
quickly solve problems.
From their smartphone, employees can choose from the variety of
modules with the FactoryTalkTeamONE app to directly view informa-
tion fromdevices, such asAllen-Bradley PowerFlex drives, or see the
high-level health status of any EtherNet/IP device.This information
is shareable across the app’s collaboration and troubleshooting
modules with other trusted team members.
“The FactoryTalkTeamONE app introduces a new, zero-friction-to-
value paradigm where teams can download the app, form a team
and use their knowledge alongside device data to drive productivity
increases.
The app doesn’t need teams to install servers, have pre-existing
infrastructure like OPC servers, or connect automation assets and
devices to the cloud in order to use the modules,” said Christo Buys,
Business Manager for Control Systems, Rockwell Automation sub-
Saharan Africa
Enquiries: Christo Buys.
CONTROL SYSTEMS + AUTOMATION
New servo range boosts machine productivity
The new 1S servo range from
Omron
of-
fers optimised installation and set-up, with
features to enhance machine productivity
significantly. Designed specifically to meet
the needs of today’s machine builders, the
range offers outstanding performance,
complemented by space-saving compact
construction. Power ratings range from
100W to 3 kW.
Omron Country General Manager Victor
Marques explains that all models incor-
porate a 23-bit high-resolution encoder as
standard, and all have an exceptionally
short 125 µs network cycle time. “These
features allow users to achieve faster ma-
chine speeds, without impairing accuracy
or repeatability,” Marques stresses.
Controllers in the 1S range allow accurate
profile generation, while the high-resolution
encoders, in conjunction with enhanced
loop control, ensure that profiles are fol-
lowed accurately.
Comparedwith previousmodels, Omron’s
new 1S range enable savings of up to 50%
in setup and installation time. A software
tool makes servo sizing fast and easy, while
system configuration is handled quickly by
NJ Project Autobuilder and the setup wizard
for key parameters.
Further aids to rapid im-
plementation are a patent-
pending ‘best effort’ feature
for quick stabilisation time,
and an easy-tuning feature
that performs smart gain
searches in minutes.
Advanced safety func-
tions are standard, with the
1S range supporting safety
control via EtherCAT. The
systems have fail-safe over
EtherCAT (FSoE) safe torque
off functionality which car-
ries safety approvals PLd (EN
ISO 13849-1) and SIL2 (IEC
61508). Also supported is
the hard-wired safe torque off functionality
that meets the requirements of PLe (EN ISO
13849-1) and SIL3 (IEC 61508).
Enquiries:Tel. +27 (0) 11 579 2600 or
Electricity+Control
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