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Allen-Bradley
Solutions for the Newspaper Print Industry
WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF COMPLETE AUTOMATION
Boosting productivity by optimizing your entire operation is the goal
of Allen-Bradley Print Systems. To ensure you achieve this goal,
we’ve assembled a knowledgeable, experienced team to support
you with:
• Application Expertise
• Engineering Solutions
• Manufacturing Excellence
• Implementation
• Ongoing Support Services
Our global network of Print Systems Facilities is staffed with
application and system engineering experts who can respond to your
needs quickly and completely.
We will provide you with complete, integrated automation
solutions that ensure your project’s success. Our documented
Print System Best Practices help maximize production. And our
Systems Engineering Tools ensure optimal system configuration,
ensuring top efficiencies from engineering straight to
commissioning.
Is your operation in need of upgrading? Our Turnkey Retrofit
services can help by installing diagnostic tools to existing systems,
replacing equipment or upgrading hardware and software to ensure
peak productivity.
Our Global Support Services complement our core Print Systems
offering and includes Comprehensive Asset Management, Support
Agreements and Training.
TrainingTraining programs are tailored to meet your specific requirements.
We also offer product, maintenance, system and process level
training to keep your production up to speed.
Before new equipment is installed,we can assist you in planning a faststart-up.
Support AgreementsRockwell Automation SupportAgreements (RASAs) are also anintegral part of our CompleteAutomation program. RASA customerpartnerships – some of which goback over 30 years – benefit fromthe following advantages:
• Reduced downtime costs
• Extended equipment service life
• Increased product quality
• Improved customer satisfaction
Allen-Bradley: Experience You Can Trust
Installation ServicesA comprehensive resource for
both new or existing facilities.
PlanningApplication
AuditStudy Existing SystemDocument Results
EngineeringSelect TechnologyDesign for Start-Up
Resource SelectionInternal ResourcesExternal ResourcesTeam Development
Pre-InstallationScheduleInstallationRehearsal
Install/Start-UpImplement PlanComplete InstallationStart-Up
ProductionProcess Tuning under Running Conditions
Comprehensive Asset Managementensures your company receives maximum value for its investment.
Products
Process People
Customer
With more than 35 years of experience in Printing Press automation, Allen-Bradley designs,
engineers and manufactures a control solution set for the printing industry worldwide. We
are focused on the newspaper industry with both expertise and products to integrate every
aspect of the press operation from Machine Controls to the Supervisory Systems. We can
provide our customers a total integrated solution working with global OEMs in the
configuration of a new press or the retrofit of an older press.
A Complete Provider of Print Solutions with World Class ProductsOur standard off-the-shelf products and solutions extend to almost every aspect of the
printing process. From print roll storage and retrieval, to the press, to the mailroom and
distribution, and even to building services such as HVAC. As a complete solutions provider,
we can help you standardize your controls throughout your facility, dramatically lowering
your acquisition and maintenance costs.
A History of Expertise in theNewspaper Print Industry
• Programmable Logix Controllers
• Drives
• Sensors
• Operator Interface
• ApplicationSoftware
• Motors
ControlNet™/ Ethernet
MaintenanceWorkstation
NewsprintManagement
Imposition &SupervisoryWorkstation
PressConsoles
Reelstand & Drive Controls
Reelstand Drives
MainPressDrives
Print InpOutput M
Machine Controls
PressView
PlantView
Ethernet®
The Complete Newspaper Solut
TotalizerWorkstation RIP
Interface
put/Modules
Unit &Folder
To CustomerNetwork
Print I/O
DAMPENING
Print I/O
INK
Print I/O
INK
Print I/O
REGISTER
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PlantView• Supervisory NT-Based Workstation• File Server with SQL Database• Automatic/Manual Imposition• Job Creation/Scheduling• PACS Data Storage• Post Run Performance Analysis• Report Generation
PressView• Press Makeready and Operation• Print Quality Control• Folder and Compensator Control• Backup Console• Multi-Press Console Capabilities
Machine Controls• Unit and Folder Controls• Main Press Drives and Controls• Reelstand Drives and Controls• Print Input/Output Modules
tion PrintLogixProviding a complete solution for New or Existing PressInstallations means having the right solutions at thePlant Level, Press Level, and Machine Level.
• PrintLogix is an open architecture utilizingWindows NT and Ethernet as a backbone.Replacing obsolete press controls with this non-proprietary platform provides an easy migrationpath for future press control enhancements
• Digital inkers combined with PrintLogix willimprove print quality while adding diagnosticsand lowering maintenance costs
• PrintLogix easily accommodates increased colorcapacity through unit extensions by providing orintegrating unit controls
• Through our proven project methodology,qualified site managers facilitate changeoverwithout disrupting production schedules
• The variable web width feature of PrintLogixaccommodates web width reduction and multi-web runs
• Upgrading your analog drive with AC or DCdigital unit drive replacements results inimproved performance, enhanced diagnosticsand reduced maintenance
• Offering more flexibility, PrintLogix allowsseamless connectivity to your auxiliary controlsystems such as Spray Bar Dampening, RIPInterfaces, and Automatic Register
Bringing your Press Controls up to date with an Allen-Bradley turnkey
retrofit is the next best thing to a new printing press. As our print industry
customers around the world have discovered, Allen-Bradley is able to
provide a complete solution to the printing press industry using standard
off-the-shelf products which are open and easy to integrate.
With the increasing need for more flexible and intelligent control,
Allen-Bradley has taken a ’system solution‘ approach to meeting the
requirements of our customers in the print industry. Allen-Bradley engineers
designed a state-of-the-art control system architecture populated with
products manufactured to the strictest quality and environmental
standards — ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 — and combined it with a product
migration strategy which builds on your automation investment rather
than rendering it obsolete.
Our overall goal is to offer a print system solution which meets the need
for flexibility, timely changeovers, reduction of waste, and improved
product quality. As our customers will readily attest, we have met and
exceeded these goals.
Press Controls Upgrades Using State-Of-The-Art Technology
Unit Control Before the Upgrade
Unit Control After the Upgrade
So Why Upgrade with Allen-Bradley?
The Forefront ofTechnologyThe key to a superior print system is not only expertise and
commitment, but also using a provider in control of its own technology.
Rockwell Automation/
Allen-Bradley offers more than
500,000 products to solve your
application challenges. Because
we design and manufacture AC
and DC drives, servo drives,
motors and controllers, we can
customize our world class
products to match performance
to the application.
And every day, more than 300
scientists and engineers push the
frontiers of automation technology
at the Rockwell Science Center.
Creating cutting-edge solutions
with world-class technology.
That’s Allen-Bradley Print Systems.
We verify interoperability in ourSystem Evaluation Lab – not in thefield – so you can be confident yoursystem will perform as promised.
Our semiconductor research allows usto incorporate advanced proven, cost-effective technology into our driveproducts. It also lets us reduce productsize while increasing functionality.
Publication DSPRIN-BR001A-EN-P — July 2000 © 2000 Rockwell International Corporation. All rights reserved. Printed in USA.
• Over 100 years of experience as an electrical drives provider
• More than 50 years of organization systems application experience
• Represented in more than 80 countries
• 620 sales and support offices
• Nearly 5,600 distributors, system integrators and agents worldwide
Global Solutions. Local Support.
For more information check our Web site at www.automation.rockwell.com/drivesystems
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