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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