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UPDATE #14

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In this issue:

• Knowledge-Centred Support – The Evolution of TechSupport
• 6181F/P Integrated Display Computers
• PanelView Plus with Marine Certification
• PanelView Plus Compact, your Cost-Affective Operator Interface for Integrated Architecture
• Enhanced Version of Stratix 8000 Modular Managed Switches for Improved System Flexibility and Productivity is Available
• New Linear Servo Motors Provide Reliable, Cost-Effective, High Performance Linear Motion Capabilities
• Allen-Bradley MP-Series and TL-Series Electric Cylinders Offer Machine Builders Improved Flexibility and Efficiency
• Updated FactoryTalk View Software Helps Engineers Reduce Implementation Time for Visualisation Applications
• Minotaur MSR42 Safety Controller for Guardshield Micro 400 Safety Light Curtains
• 440G-MT Guardlocking Safety Interlock Switch with Diagnostic Outputs and True Key Operation
• SafeZone Safety Laser Scanner now Available with Single Zone or 4 Zone Detection
• KwikLink Lite Media and Configuration Terminal Simplifies DeviceNet Connectivity, Commissioning and Troubleshooting
• Extended Line of Solid-State Contactors
• E1 Plus Remote Indication Display 193-ERID

Kinetix 6200 Modular Safe Speed Servo Drive

Flexible modular design helps you quickly adapt to future technology advancements.
Thanks to its modular design, our new Allen-Bradley® Kinetix 6200 multi-axis servo drive can help users react quickly to the ever-changing world of automation, by offering users the flexibility to quickly and easily adapt to new market trends and technologies.

Interchangeable control modules allow easy design modifications, while also allowing users to offer customers a new level of machine safety with safe speed monitoring functionality. In operation, safe speed functionality helps personnel perform some maintenance work – such as removing a jam – without stopping the machine completely. Operators are able to access a guarded zone while the axis is monitored and kept below a specific speed limit defined by the user.

Other benefits of the modular design include: a reduced spare parts inventory; the ability to diagnose and correct problems faster, without changing out the entire drive; and reduced migration costs, as an axis can easily be transitioned to new functionality. Both machine builders and end-users can leverage the proven performance of the established Kinetix 6000 family, while building a foundation for future machine enhancements.

Kinetix 6200 Benefits

• Greater flexibility: an axis can easily transition from Safe-Off to Safe Speed functionality or from SERCOS Interface™ to EtherNet/IP networking
• Excellent machine adaptability due to extensive potential for control scaleability
• Simplified maintenance: modularity means there is no need to replace an entire drive
• Embedded safety eliminates the need for additional panel space and wiring
• Safe Speed functionality minimises downtime, reduces energy and production waste and improves machine operating efficiencies
• Embedded advanced safety features help protect personnel
• Reduce and monitor the speed of your application to a point that helps allow an operator to safely inspect and perform some process maintenance work without completely stopping the machine
• Reduction in wear on motor and equipment due to unnecessary, frequent stops and starts
• Enhanced diagnostics

– Scrolling error message for faulted drive informs on the nature of the fault
– Increased level of data available for faster diagnosis and correction

For applications that may benefit from additional safety, options are available in the Kinetix 6200 to help provide improved productivity and greater machine flexibility. The commonality within the Kinetix 6000 family allows you to migrate to the enhanced features exactly when and where you need them.

For more information, please e-mail us at: info_update@ra.rockwell.com ref: 'K6200'.