August 2, 2018 — Rockwell Automaton has added five members to its Machine Safety System Integrator program. Created in 2014, the program helps industrial companies identify system integrators with current safety standards expertise and a track record in designing safety systems. “Our Machine Safety System Integrator program now includes 42 system integrators located around the world and specializing in a variety of machine types,” said Lee Lane, vice president, safety, sensing and connectivity, Rockwell Automation. The five new members of the program include the following:
- Frakes Engineering, a Rockwell Automation Recognized System Integrator located in Indianapolis, Indiana, specializing in machine safety, network security, modernization, vision and robotics.
- Huffman Engineering, a Rockwell Automation Recognized System Integrator with offices in Lincoln, Nebraska, and Englewood, Colorado, acts as an extension of its customers’ engineering groups.
- JAE Automation, a Rockwell Automation Recognized System Integrator located in Kemptville, Ontario, specializes in pulling all areas of a plant together to form an automated plant system.
- McRae Integration, a Rockwell Automation Solution Partner located in Toronto, Ontario, specializes in robotic automation, guarding and safety solutions, OEM process skid controls, brewing services and manufacturing execution systems (MES).
- R&L Engineering, a Rockwell Automation Recognized System Integrator located in Albany, Georgia, offers control panel design, specialty machine builds and training across industries including food and beverage, forest products, non-wovens/web handling, bioenergy and mining.
The company serves industries including water/wastewater, automotive and plastics.
The company specializes in design, documentation, panels, programming, testing, training and validation for industries including water/wastewater and life sciences.
To be eligible for the Machine Safety System Integrator program, candidates must be current Solution Partners or Recognized System Integrators in the Rockwell Automation PartnerNetwork program with three to five years of machine safety experience. They must complete an education and assessment process. Rockwell Automation also recognizes third-party certification from industry-accepted organizations, such as TÜV or exida. After meeting these initial requirements, each candidate’s safety engineers complete training modules on topics such as global safety standards, risk assessment practices, and safeguarding mitigation and validation. Finally, each candidate must submit a machine safety project that is consistent with global standards.
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