L08 - Tools That Simplify Product Sizing
and Selection
Using Integrated Architecture® Builder, Motion Analyzer (MA) and
ProposalWorks™
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Agenda
Tool Overview
Lab Overview
Where to access the tools off the web
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Agenda
Tool Overview
Lab Overview
Where to access the tools off the web
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How do you select automation products
for your projects?
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Specifying Control Systems is Complex
 Over 350,000 standard products
 Working with paper catalogs, selection
guides, and data sheets can be
cumbersome and inefficient
 Desktop applications and Web-based
Tools provide the answer!
Partial Set of Rockwell Automation Product Catalogs and Data Sheets
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Tools Working Together to Address Your
Selection Assistance/Sizing Needs
Low
High
 Get selection assistance on standard  Cross-validate parts intended to work
& configured products
together as system
 Validate catalog numbers
 Validate systems components
that sit on same backplane
 Access product information
 Validate network based on
devices on it
 Estimate project costs
 Create RFQs, Proposals, Reports
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 Analyze, optimize & simulate solution
against application requirements
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To make life easier we have
Sizing and Selection tools simplify your life and save you money
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Controller Selection
 Guidance for controller selection based on function and cost while verifying
network performance
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Servo Drive & Motor
Selection
 Guidance for drive and motor selection based on application requirements
(motion profile and mechanics). If you undersize, then you can never
achieve required speeds. If you oversize, then you paid too much!
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Aux. component selection
and combined proposal
 Guidance for component selection along with providing the complete
proposal
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Agenda
Tool Overview
Lab Overview
Where to access the tools off the web
Survey
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Lab Format
75 minute lab with approximately 25 minutes devoted to each selection
tool
 Integrated Architecture® Builder
 Used to select and size the controller and verify network performance
 Motion Analyzer (MA)
 Used to select and size the drives and motors
 ProposalWorks™
 Used to combine the results of Integrated Architecture Builder and MA and to
create the final report/proposal as well as select additional components &
documentation
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Premise of the Lab
You are designing a shampoo bottle labeling line
Bottles enter on the right and exit on
the left:
1.
Entrance conveyor controlled
by PowerFlex® 525
2.
Label applied by Kinetix®
5500
3.
Label smoothed by Kinetix
5500
4.
Exit conveyor controlled by
PowerFlex 525
Drives are controlled by a
CompactLogix™ controller and
everything communicates via
EtherNet/IP
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Note on Pricing
Prices shown in the software are different from the pdf file.
Prices get updated in the software twice a year.
The last price change was not captured in the pdf file.
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Agenda
Tool Overview
Lab Overview
Where to access the tools off the web
Survey
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Access the tools off the web
Download ProposalWorks™ and Integrated Architecture® Builder
 ProposalWorks and Integrated Architecture Builder can be downloaded
from
 http://raiseinstall.rockwellautomation.com/pst-lite.html
 Motion Analyzer is cloud based and is accessed at
 https://motionanalyzer.rockwellautomation.com/
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Have a question? Want to see the
latest? See the show floor
 ProposalWorks™ and Integrated Architecture® Builder are on the show floor
in Booth 927
Check out Integrated Architecture Builder’s EtherNet/IP Redesign and
ProposalWorks’ lifecycle data
 Motion Analyzer is on the show floor in the Integrated Architecture Booth
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Agenda
Tool Overview
Lab Overview
Where to access the tools off the web
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