Are you looking for smooth, integrated motion control over your EtherNet/IP network? Kinetix® VPC Continuous Duty Servo Motors are optimized to run on Kinetix 5700 Servo Drives, providing continuous power and torque.

Typical applications for Kinetix® VPC continuous-duty servo motors include: automated assembly, automated inspection, food and beverage, material handling, packaging, pharmaceutical, and printing.

FactoryTalk® View Site Edition (SE) is a human machine interface software from Rockwell Software used to monitor distributed multi-user applications. The new Trend Pro functionality helps operators benchmark process data over specific time frames to see variability in temperature, energy consumption, steam, gas, etc. by allowing side-by-side trending of live data, historical data (historian), or data logs stored within the HMI itself.

There are some pretty harsh environments out there for electrical devices. Heat, humidity, dust, dirt, chemicals, wash-down, and more. These can all have an adverse effect on your critical equipment and controls. You don’t want a critical device or connection to fail!
ArmorBlock® I/O modules help you avoid that breakdown. They provide low-cost, hardened, I/O suitable for on-machine use. You can mount these modules on a machine close to the sensors and actuators to provide shorter cable runs.
The ArmorBlock® IO-Link master module gives industrial operators access to detailed sensor diagnostics in harsh operating environments. Available with water- and corrosion-proof plastic and nickel-plated aluminum sealed housing to offer a rating for IP69K and NEMA 4X (when marked) for use without an enclosure.

Stratix® 5700 Managed Industrial Ethernet Switches use the current Cisco® Catalyst® switch architecture and feature set. They are designed to meet your switching capability needs, from smaller applications to IT-ready integration with plantwide infrastructure.

1. **NEW** Stratix 5700 Industrial Managed Ethernet Switches now offer redundant gateway and DHCP IP address assignment capabilities.
2. Supports two switches on a single ring while connected to the rest of the network
3. Offers DHCP IP address assignment to end devices on the DLR network to simplify device replacement
4. Includes integrated Device Level Ring (DLR) connectivity which helps optimize the network architecture
5. Provides Network Address Translation (NAT) capabilities which offers IP-address mapping from local, machine-level IP addresses to the broader plant network

Need to learn more about DLR, NAT, or DHCP? Horizon Solutions has an active blog series where our technical specialists explain topics such as these. Subscribe to our blog today! 

Bulletin 1606-XLB Basic Switched Mode Power Supplies are available in 24V DC 5 A and 10 A sizes. These power supplies are cost-effective, provide 90%+ efficiency, and are rated for long service life. If you have ever deviated to other component sources because of the need for a lower cost option, you should come back. This power supply is a very cost effective option and delivers the quality you’ve come to expect.

These power supplies are rated up to 1.37 million hours mean time between failure (MTBF) and the minimum service life-time is typically 47,000 hours. Efficiency figures range from 90.7% up to 95.2%.

You need to automatically share and distribute safety information throughout your control systems. If you have applications that require as many as ten dual-channel safety circuits, a software configurable safety relay might be the right fit. How many output zones do you need to control? Two, three? The Guardmaster® 440C-CR30 Software Configurable Safety Relay can control as many as five output zones and users can configure this relay by selecting certified safety function blocks to rapidly build your applications.

Accreditations for Guardmaster 440C-CR30 Safety Relays

***Control Engineering, 2016 Engineers’ Choice Awards Winner

***Plant Engineering, 2014 Product of the Year Award Winner, Safety, Gold

Read more about these safety relays here, and see below in this newsletter for more details on integrating Guardmaster 440C-CR30 safety relays with the Studio 5000 Logix Designer application.

The VeriSafe™ ABSENCE OF VOLTAGE TESTER is a new product from Panduit®. This device minimizes risk by verifying the absence of voltage before equipment is accessed, making it easier for qualified electrical workers to identify an electrically safe environment in a fraction of the time needed required by hand-held portable test instruments.

Compliance with VeriSafe: Automated test sequence based on the steps in NFPA 70E for verification of an electrically safe work condition; automated test helps reduces operator errors

Improved Safety & Risk Reduction: Determine voltage status BEFORE equipment is accessed, prevents direct exposure to electrical hazards by personnel servicing equipment

Reliable Results with VeriSafe: Fail-safe design with active indications. Safety functions meet SIL 3 per IEC 61508-1

Many automation users need a highly integrated optical inspection tool for controlling quality and increasing productivity. Easy to use and inexpensive, Teledyne DALSA’s BOA comprises all the elements of an industrial machine vision system in a tiny smart camera style package. This quick video tutorial shows you how quick and easy it is to start using a BOA vision system.

What is ThinManager? What is a ThinClient? Horizon Solutions understands ThinManager and ThinClients and we can help you utilize them to achieve: Productivity + Visualization + Security + Mobility.

–Productivity: Focus on producing more with less downtime
–Visualization: Centralized management from a single user interface
–Security: A secure, sustainable and scalable solution
–Mobility: Deliver content to the right person in the right place

Do you want to learn more about deploying and managing Thin Clients in a modern manufacturing facility? ThinManager makes it possible.

Join us! Attend this session to learn how you can utilize AC drives to increase efficiency and productivity in your machines and processes throughout your facility.

• Location: DoubleTree by Hilton
  1117 Williston Road  South Burlington, VT 05403
• Date: Tuesday, October 24th  Time: 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM

At this event, attendees will develop knowledge in choosing the right drive control for a given application. At this event, attendees will learn how to use tools to reduce engineering, development, and start-up costs.

REGISTER TODAY

Learn more about bringing your systems together. Premier Integration of the Studio 5000 Logix Designer application and Guardmaster 440C-CR30 safety relays reduces development time by providing diagnostic views and standardized tags.

Studio 5000 Logix Designer is the one application to configure, program and maintain the entire Allen-Bradley® Logix 5000 family of controller’s products and related devices.

The Guardmaster® 440C-CR30 Software Configurable Safety Relay can share information with the control system through the optional EtherNet/IP plug in module which increases uptime and enables The Connected Enterprise.

Learn more about this integration here. Watch configuration videos, learn about the Connected Components Workbench™, start using pre-defined drag-and-drop safety function blocks to help simplify programming!

Horizon Solutions recently added a handful of classroom courses! Each of these courses are full day classroom style, and they range from 1 to 2 or 3+ days. They will all be held in local Horizon Solutions offices. Topics include specific courses on GuardLogix and ControlLogix, as well as general “Craft Skills” courses on broader topics such as Industrial Control and Electrical Troubleshooting.

1. GuardLogix Maintenance & Troubleshooting; Course SAF-LOG103
2. ControlLogix Maintenance and Troubleshooting; Course CCP153
3. Industrial Electrical Controls Fundamentals; Course MFG213
4. Electrical Troubleshooting & Motor Controls; Course EM-206

Start browsing the full listing here.

Announcing our Intelligent Sensing Events 2017, AKA “Smart Sensors”.
Do your factory automation systems involve any of the following? Guiding, aligning, positioning measuring, inspecting, identifying, reading, tracking, and verifying. If YES, this event will help you improve productivity and efficiency.

Horizon Solutions is bringing this unique valuable training event to two (2) of our local offices this fall:

1. One session in Albany, NY on Monday 11/6
2. One session in Holyoke, MA on Tuesday 11/7

Register today this training opportunity will help you integrate sensors and vision systems into your process and automation applications. If your team faces programming or production control challenges, this event is a great fit.

NEMA and IEC starters with snap-together wiring make your job painless! Motor starters are a commonly used and specified product in both industrial and commercial spaces. This pre-wired system is a great fit for electrical contractors. It is straightforward for you and your team to snap together the components at your facility or on a job site. Get started today with this 16-page document (3 MB PDF) which will walk you through the quick and easy configuration, step by step.

• Enclosed Starters in stock, locally, at Horizon Solutions: Dozens of component combinations on the shelf
• Three commonly used versions: 109 (IEC enclosed) , 509 (NEMA enclosed), 512 (NEMA combination)
• Open starter components: 509 (NEMA), 100C (IEC contactor), 193E (IEC overload) are also available
• Intuitive selection process: Product selector and BOM builder tools available for your use
• Specialist support: Need help getting started? Let one of our experts assist you 

We have found most of our customers enjoy a good craft brewing success story. Check out this case study about an equipment supplier that helps streamline system development and speed time-to-market on highly customized craft brewing systems. This case study looks into the benefits of integrating on an EtherNet/IP™ network. The system includes Allen-Bradley Stratix™ switches for smart plant operation. In addition to specific technical insight, this case study gets into some broader interesting topics:

• Modularity
• Scalability
• Repeatable Process Solutions

Also discussed are the challenges of balancing the customized needs of an end user with the benefits of a standardized process control system. It’s a worthwhile read. Enjoy, and cheers! 

You want to achieve better asset utilization and system performance. As products age and give way to new technologies Horizon Solutions and Rockwell Automation also offer Professional Life Cycle Services. This helpful infographic can help you understand Professional Life Cycle Services a bit better.

Life Cycle Services

1. Installed Base Evaluation: Does your equipment use discontinued components?
2. Legacy Support and Lifecycle Extension: How are you going to transition your plant infrastructure from the “old” to the “new”?
3. Modernization Services: What end-of-life type challenges do you face? How can we help?

When we hear “Traceability”, we think MECCO. This case study comes from MECCO and looks into the challenges faced by a manufacturer of power-management equipment and devices. The products being manufactured are high-volume electrical safety devices. Counterfeiting was an issue affecting the manufacturer’s bottom line. Market activity was being diverted away from authorized resellers into gray-market channels. A successful traceability solution from MECCO helped correct that issue

[pictured to the left] To disrupt gray-market and counterfeit channels, this manufacturer adopted innovative, tamper-proof laser marking.