Rockwell Automation
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| Type | Public |
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| Founded | 2001 spun off from Rockwell International in USA |
| Headquarters | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Key people | Keith Nosbusch, Chairman & CEO |
| Products | Industrial Automation Manufacturing Execution System |
| Employees | 19,500 (2008) |
| Website | www.rockwellautomation.com |
Rockwell Automation NYSE: ROK is a global provider of industrial automation, power, control and information solutions. Brands in industrial automation include Allen-Bradley and Rockwell Software.
Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the company employs about 20,000 people.
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[edit] Company History
Rockwell Automation spun off from Rockwell International in 2001 and retained Entek. Rockwell Automation eventually closed the original Entek office in Milford, Ohio. From there, Rockwell Automation went through a series of acquisitions, particularly Propack Data (now Rockwell Automation Solutions GmbH) in 2002, DataSweep in 2005, GEPA in 2006, ICS Triplex, ProsCon and Pavilion Technologies in 2007, and Incuity in 2008. On January 31, 2007, Rockwell Automation sold off their PowerSystems Division which consists of Dodge mechanical and Reliance Electric motors with headquarters in Greenville, South Carolina to Baldor Electric Company.
[edit] Products
Some examples of Rockwell Automation's industrial automation offerings are:
- Programmable Automation Controllers: CompactLogix, ControlLogix, FlexLogix, SoftLogix5800 and DriveLogix
- Programmable Logic Controllers: PICO, MicroLogix, SLC500, PLC5 and Datasite RTU
- I/O: FlexIO, CompactIO, PointIO, etc.
- HMI: PanelView Standard, PanelView enhanced, PanelView Plus, VersaView, etc
- Industrial Safety Products: GuardLogix, SafetyIO, XM Vibration Monitors, etc
- Variable-Frequency Drive: PowerFlex Drives, Drive Systems.
- Software: Software Product List
- Rockwell Software Brand: RSNetWorx, RSLinx, PMX, FactoryTalk etc.
- FactoryTalk Brand: FactoryTalk View, FactoryTalk Historian, FactoryTalk AssetCentre, FactoryTalk ProductionCentre, FactoryTalk Metrics, FactoryTalk Scheduler, FactoryTalk Transaction Manager, etc.
- Motor Controllers: MCCs [1] (Allen-Bradley's CENTERLINE MCC with IntelliCENTER Technology), industrial control (contactors, overloads, circuit breakers etc.)
- Condition Monitoring/Vibrational Analysis: Entek
[edit] See also
- Retro-Encabulator, fictional Rockwell Automation device
- Allen-Bradley
- Engineer In Transition (E.I.T.) Program
- Allen-Bradley Clock Tower
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