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Rockwell Automation Creates Leading-Edge Center for Integrated Condition Monitoring Rockwell Automation announced the creation of the Rockwell Automation Center for Integrated Condition Monitoring in Houston, Tex. Developed as a resource for process and petrochemical manufacturers, the center will help companies improve performance metrics by maximizing production uptime and reducing maintenance costs through predictive maintenance strategies.Staffed with dedicated specialists experienced in developing and implementing predictive maintenance solutions for process applications, the center’s mission is to promote improved production performance by monitoring and protecting the effectiveness of plant assets. The center will help organizations integrate cutting-edge monitoring and protection technology into a facility’s existing networking infrastructure and optimize their maintenance activities based on actual asset condition, rather than more costly scheduled, routine maintenance. “In industries with continuous flow and process applications, each hour of unplanned downtime can be extremely costly — in some instances, thousands of dollars an hour,” said Mike Laszkiewicz, vice president, Asset Management, Rockwell Automation. “The center is a resource to help manufacturers tap into never-before imagined opportunities to monitor and protect their plant assets. By proactively identifying developing faults in equipment, corrections can be made before production, safety or reliability is impacted.” The center’s activities will be closely linked with Rockwell Automation’s Integrated Condition Monitoring Solutions business headquarters in Milford, Ohio, and tap into the company’s worldwide network of engineering and automation expertise to support process and petrochemical customer applications around the world. Rockwell Automation (NYSE: ROK) is a world-leading provider of industrial automation power, control and information solutions that help customers meet their manufacturing productivity objectives. The company brings together leading brands in industrial automation for Complete Automation solutions, including Allen-Bradley controls and engineered services and Rockwell Software factory management software, Dodge mechanical power transmission products, and Reliance Electric motors and drives. The company also is a leading provider of contact management technologies and applications that help companies more efficiently manage interaction with their own customers. Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wis., USA, the company employs approximately 22,000 people, serving customers in more than 80 countries. For more information on Rockwell Automation’s Center for Integrated Condition Monitoring, please contact the Center at 281.367.5525. Additional information on Rockwell Automation’s Integrated Condition Monitoring products and services is available at http://www.rockwellautomation.com/entek. |