ROK Talk on Sensing, Safety & Industrial Components Rockwell Automation

In episode 29 of ROK Talk On Sensing, Safety & Industrial Components, Bill and Kate talk to Nick McLellan about Allen-Bradley's 100+ year history of designing components that provide warnings to a control system, operator, or stop a manufacturing process, and what the future looks like for this technology.

In episode 28 of ROK Talk On Sensing, Safety & Industrial Components, Bill and Kate feature a ROK Talk first... two guest speakers! Amber Westlund and Alex Mummert discuss the human factor that goes into design (industrial design and user experience), and the strategies Rockwell Automation employs to bring inclusive solutions to the market.

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In ROK Talk on Industrial Components Episode 27, Bill and Kate talk to Kelly Passineau about the pro's and con's of putting your devices on EtherNet/IP.

In ROK Talk on Industrial Components Episode 26, Bill and Kate speak with Ken Thomas, a Product Compliance Engineer at Rockwell Automation, about hazardous ratings. Ken explains the reasons why some applications require these ratings, and what component manufacturers need to do to obtain these certifications.



For more information on product certifications, visit the Rockwell Automation website at: https://www.rockwellautomation.com/en-us/support/documentation/product-certifications.html

24V DC is an important power source in most control panels. If this power supply is interrupted, it can cause huge problems across a production line or other application. In ROK Talk on Industrial Components Episode 25, Bill and Kate talking to Allie Keller about power supply high availability, including solutions and strategies for maintaining that availability.

In ROK Talk On Industrial Components episode 24, Bill and Kate talk to Jay Tamblingson about machine builder standards. Jay explains the differences between standards within and across an organization, as well as different designations and customer applications for them.