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Effective this Friday, February 10th, the Horizon Solutions webpage will begin moving to the Rexel USA website - giving you access to a robust new shopping experience and thoughtful and insightful thought leadership content, services, trainings, and more. Click the links below to learn more!

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The Fiix low-cost CMMS solution helps you drive better business outcomes with easy-to-use software and prebuilt apps for your phone. Fiix has the industry expertise you need for maintenance success.

Optimize Your Maintenance with Fiix CMMS Ready to streamline your maintenance process? Learn how you can make scheduling, organizing, and tracking maintenance easier than ever with Fiix CMMS.

The term “working at height” refers to work performed above another level, including ladder, scaffolding, roofs, or near an edge or opening. The common denominator for working at height is the potential to fall to another level if proper safety precautions aren’t in place.

Top 3 Working at Height Hazards Working at height refers to work performed above another level. Knowing the hazards can save lives. From prevention to protection, this post takes you through.

In this blog, we’ll compare networking safety solutions, including relay-, PLC-, and ethernet-based safety solutions.

Pros and Cons: Networking Safety Solutions Finding the right solution can be tricky. In this blog, we’ll compare networking safety solutions, including relay-, PLC-, and ethernet-based safety solutions.

There are three devices to choose from when starting a motor. In order of features: An across the line starter, a soft motor controller (SMC), or a drive.

SMC: Do You Need a Reduced Voltage Soft Starter? Consider the features and cost savings of an SMC, and there are new SMC platforms. For applications that don’t require variable speed, take a second look.

Through all the industries we serve, our goal always remains the same—to improve our customers’ efficiency, productivity, and safety through deep domain expertise in electrical, automation, industrial, and safety solutions. Many of these goals are accomplished by utilizing a number of service-based contracts.

Top 4 Service-based Contracts to Increase Uptime Service-based contracts can help manufacturers meet productivity and profitability goals. Let’s take a brief tour through the value of service agreements.

There are a number of types of servo motor brakes and choosing the right one depends on your needs. In this blog, we’ll look at some of those types.

Choosing a Servo Motor Brake

Is your disaster recovery plan to make a “Hey Dave” call? If so, you should consider FactoryTalk® AssetCentre software.

5 Benefits of FactoryTalk AssetCentre FactoryTalk AssetCentre features support change and version management, disaster recovery, lifecycle management, operator track and trace, and system security.

Rockwell Automation® and Horizon Solutions have heard you, and we have come up with a three-tier model to make your work life a little less stressful and your facilities more productive. The foundation of all three tiers include 24/7 support, cost management, and visibility.

Choosing the Right Integrated Service Agreement Coordinating responses to issues and answering questions can be just as challenging as the issues themselves. There is an easier way—Integrated Service Agreements.

Picture two horses pulling a sleigh; one will lead, and one will follow. If both horses wish to lead, it will not work. The same with leaving both drives commonly tied together as speed regulators, it will not work; therefore, the drives must be placed in different modes of operation to operate properly.

Torque Regulation with PowerFlex 750 Series Drives Learn torque regulation with PowerFlex 750 drive series. This blog takes you on a deep dive, complete with diagrams, system screenshots, and instructions.

In this post, we’ll go through three reasons why you should protect your 24 volt DC loads with an electronic circuit protector (ECP).

5 Reasons to Use an Electronic Circuit Protector Are you protecting your 24 volt loads? Let’s go through five reasons why you should protect your 24 volt DC loads with an electronic circuit protector.

This discussion outlines some of the technology differences between the two solutions as you consider these technologies for different applications.

Is it a VFD or Servo Application? A deeper understanding of your application dictates the direction: VFD or servo. This blog outlines the technology differences between the two solutions.

If you have a control system that must be able to withstand disruptions from either hardware failure or intentional system updates, a high availability Logix-based control system may be the solution. Your technology will be determined by your requirements. Rockwell Automation® has two offerings: redundancy and hot backup.

High Availability Logix-Based Control Systems Your control system must withstand disruptions. A high availability system is a solution. Rockwell Automation has two offerings: redundancy and hot backup.

With so many combinations of capital letters out there, networking manuals can look more like alphabet soup than instructions. The following list is not comprehensive, but it does cover the network acronyms you’re likely to see as you build your industrial network.

Breaking Down Network Acronyms Networking manuals can look more like alphabet soup than instructions. Break down the network acronyms you may see as you build your industrial network.

This blog will cover Allen-Bradley® architect drives modernization from the PowerFlex® 750 series drives that will supersede the PowerFlex 700 series platform. This is the fifth blog in a series of AC drive modernization literature to help assist you to migrate your drives forward.

Drive Modernization Part V PowerFlex 700 To PowerFlex 750 This blog covers Allen-Bradley architect drives modernization, converting PowerFlex 700 series drives to PowerFlex 750 series drives from Rockwell Automation.

Unplanned downtime can be a real drag. You have plenty of projects on your plate, and unplanned breakdowns really make your life difficult. In addition, the boss has production quotas, and you need to keep the machines running. Having the right tools and data to stay ahead of unplanned failures is a must.

The Power of the E300 Electronic Overload Relay Learn how you can diagnose issues and prevent unplanned downtime with data from the Allen-Bradley E300 electronic overload relay from Rockwell Automation.

The internal and external components for your industrial control panel will depend on your applications. The numbers, sizes, and functionality of parts will vary widely between panels. This post provides basic descriptions for common components.

What Goes into an Industrial Control Panel? Let’s look at industrial control panel basics. Your panel components depend on your applications. This post provides basic descriptions for common components.

Once you’ve gathered all the information on your system, you need to put the movements into a motion profile. In this blog post, we’ll go through calculations for sizing a servo axis.

Calculations for Sizing a Servo Axis With the right equations, you can calculate by hand. In this blog, we’ll go through calculations for sizing a servo axis using a simple application example.

A lot of industrial network jargon is simple to explain but rarely are. So, in this post, we will tackle some of the more common jargon and try to help demystify the language of networking.

Decoding Industrial Network Jargon A lot of industrial network jargon is simple to explain but rarely are. This post tackles some of the more common jargon to help demystify networking.

From all of us at Horizon Solutions - Happy holidays! We hope you have a great (and safe) holiday with your families, friends, and loved ones.

Photo sensors are simple presence-sensing devices. To ensure successful application, you should give some thought to the physics of light before using one. Let’s look at some considerations for selecting a photo sensor.

Considerations for Selecting a Photo Sensor To ensure successful photo sensor application, start by thinking about the physics of light. Let’s look at some considerations for selecting a photo sensor.

An installed base evaluation (or IBE) can help you make data-driven business decisions to ensure your plant can stay up and running even if you experience an untimely failure.

Plan for the Future with Installed Base Evaluation An installed base evaluation (or IBE) can help you make data-driven business decisions to ensure your plant stays up and running and avoid untimely failures.

If you’ve been using the same PowerFlex drive for over 20 years, it may be time to consider upgrading your PowerFlex 70 to PowerFlex 525 drive. This post will give you the instructions you need.

Drive Modernization Part IV PowerFlex 70 to PowerFlex 525 Is it time to upgrade your PowerFlex 70 to PowerFlex 525? This post will give you the instructions and information you need to modernize your drives.

Here is an example of a customer’s great PoC opportunity for beginning their automation digital transformation, although it wasn’t necessarily apparent to them at first.

Small Starts: Digital Transformation Baby Steps All journeys start with a step. Learn how one manufacturer took the first step on its digital transformation journey when obsolete equipment slowed productivity.

What an exceptional year for The Connected Knowledge Blog! Overall, we saw a 40% increase in readership from last year, which tells us that our posts are addressing your concerns, solving your problems, and helping you do your jobs better – and that’s always been the goal. We hope you’ve enjoyed reading our posts just as much as we’ve enjoyed writing them.

Reader\x27s Choice: Best Blogs of 2022 The most-read posts on Horizon Solutions' Connected Knowledge Blog.

The COVID-19 pandemic has required us to change a great many things in our lives and professions. As part of this, a change in your HVAC system may be helpful or required. In this post, we'll be looking at energy-efficient HVAC options for COVID-19 safety.

HVAC Options for COVID-19 Safety The pandemic has required us to change many things to increase safety. In this post, we'll be looking at energy-efficient HVAC options for COVID-19 safety.

Accidents are avoidable. While it's true that accidents happen, most of the time, they don't have to. With the right knowledge, practices, and equipment, employers can prevent workplace injuries.

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In this two-part series, we will discuss what information you need before you can size a motion system and then what values and calculations you need to know to select your components.

How to Size a Servo Axis What information do you need for sizing your servo system? This is part one of a two-part series, walking you through the data you need to size a servo axis.

Many manufacturers are deemed essential and are in production while the engineering and support staff are working from remote sites. Remote connection challenges include connecting into the plant control network for monitoring, troubleshooting, and making modifications to procedural issues.

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A light curtain is a great safety device WHEN it is applied correctly. It’s always important to consider the application carefully. Be aware there are OTHER types of optical presence sensing safety devices, as well. Depending on the application, a safety laser zone scanner could be a better choice.

Light Curtain or Laser Zone Scanner? A light curtain is a great safety device, when it is applied correctly. Depending on the application, a safety laser zone scanner could be a better choice.

During the current global situation, manufacturers are being challenged to keep their plant up and running and, in some cases, increase their total output all while keeping their employees safe and following local government occupancy restrictions.

No-Touch Remanufacturing and Repair Our No-Touch Remanufacturing and Repair Services are designed to help you stay up and running and without compromising the safety of your workforce.

This quick self-assessment tool lets you benchmark your cybersecurity preparedness against results from a recent research survey of Critical Infrastructure security leaders by Rockwell Automation and ISMG.

Protect Your Systems with our Cybersecurity Assessment Tool Organizations need to leverage modern industrial security practices to avoid preventable breaches and costly downtime, damage, and public safety risks.