November 2011

One place. Two days. Hundreds of options.
Build your ideal day at Automation Fair^® 2011

Chicago, Illinois, USA, Nov. 16–17

The industry’s premier event focused on advanced automation technologies, integrated control and information architecture is only days away. Register today and:

1. Learn. Dozens of industry forums, technical sessions, hands-on labs and demonstration workshops help you expand your knowledge and find ways to use the latest control, power and information technologies to improve your business results.
2. Network with peers and talk to others in the industry—people who are using Rockwell Automation technologies to solve today’s problems.
3. Earn Professional Development Hour (PDH) credits for the sessions you attend.

Find it all at the 20th anniversary of the Automation Fair^® event. And it’s FREE. Learn more

Discover new productivity, sustainability and plant-wide optimization solutions

Pre-Automation Fair^® events (Nov. 14–15) connect you with industry leaders who share your concerns—and who have found solutions to their most challenging problems.

Safety Automation Forum: Machine, process and arc flash safety—and compliance—is serious business. Hear from industry professionals as they share best practices and demonstrate how they have deployed successful safety programs that improve business performance. Register

Process Solutions User Group (PSUG): Discover ways to achieve process automation excellence. Gain a competitive advantage by interacting with peers and industry experts who are improving their processes, creating new revenue streams and establishing best practices. Register

Improve efficiency: Configure products on mobile devices. Now you can access our Product Selection & Configuration Directory from your mobile device to configure products on the plant floor without leaving to find a computer. The new user interface (UI) will validate and show all product data, photos, drawings and supplements. Visit ab.com/e-tools on your mobile. No additional app needed. Works on iPhone, iPad, Android OS phone and BlackBerry.

High-power PowerFlex^® 755 AC drives extend power range to 900 kW / 1350 Hp. New high-power drives save you energy, with expanded application flexibility, additional voltages and common DC bus options.

ProposalWorks^™ product selection tool now shows preferred availability. ProposalWorks makes it a snap to determine catalog numbers and product pricing. And now, you can enter a part number and the software will automatically indicate if a product has preferred availability in three days or less lead time.

Support Center tutorials: Learn how to get the answers you need to solve virtually any automation issue. Support Center video tutorials illustrate how to create and manage an account, search for answers, use forums, submit questions and chat online.

Free webinar: How to plan for effective line integration, Nov. 3, 1 p.m. CDT. Discover how to save money on controls for packaging lines without sacrificing efficiency. Highlights include planning criteria for environment, flow control, safety and packaging machines, and the best use cases for communications architecture strategies. Nercon hosted webinar features a live Q&A and features Terry Gansen, Solutions Architect, Rockwell Automation. Click on the “START” icon at www.nercon.com to register.

White paper: Six principles for building cost-effective wind turbine generators (WTG). WTG manufacturers rely on our solutions to help them expand to new markets while improving worker safety and protecting equipment and assets. Learn more about how we're helping WTG manufacturers remain competitive with compliant, cost-effective equipment.

What Matters: Macro results from micro solutions. Machine builders looking for a simple control solution for standalone machines can find it in the latest issue of What Matters. Find out how to transform the technically complex into an effortless user experience.