Enhancements to its range of
programmable automation
controllers (PACs) mean Rockwell
Automation can now offer
Integrated Motion over EtherNet/IP.

Motion solutions can reside on the
same protocol and
control architecture
as other automation
systems within the
installation. This is
designed to help
companies increase
their machine design
flexibility, improve system
performance and reduce overall
system costs.

Rockwell Automation’s Integrated
Motion on EtherNet/IP uses
Common Industrial Protocol (CIP)
Motion and CIP Sync technology
from the Open Device Vendors
Association. Addition of motion
capabilities over EtherNet/IP
enhances the capabilities of this
automation protocol. It appears in
over 850 product lines from 250
companies; more than two million
nodes have been sold for use in
industrial applications.

Haïthem Mansouri, European
product manager,Motion Control,
says: “This really is an
important evolution
in machine control;
what we have done
is close the loop. By
introducing motion
over EtherNet/IP we
have given engineers
the ability to side-step their
reliance on specialist motion
protocols. EtherNet/IP is, to all
intents and purposes, identical to
standard Ethernet, the only change
being in the Application Layer. It
uses standard Ethernet, and allows
users to manage real-time control
and information flow for improved
plant-wide optimisation.