Simple control solution
March 1st 2009 Rockwell Automation has extended
its control offering for machine
builders with the launch of
Connected Components, helping to
meet today's requirements for
sophisticated control on stand-alone
machines in an affordable, easier-toimplement
solution.
Combining a simple, yet powerful
control core with associated
components and application
development tools, Connected
Components is built around a core
of MicroLogix PLC's, PowerFlex 4
class drives and the newly developed
PanelView Component HMI.
With these come the Connected
Components Building Blocks – tools
that make it quicker and easier to
implement common control tasks as
part of the machine design. These
include pre-written blocks of
application code for the PLC that can
be modified to help meet the precise
needs of a given machine, pre-written
HMI programs to make setting up
the operator interface easier, and preconfigured
drive parameter files that
take the strain out of implementing
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