(Rockwell Automation: Milwaukee, WI) -- Rockwell Automation has extended its PlantPAx Process Automation System with the new PlantPAx Logix Batch and Sequence Manager. The application solves a range of local, controller-based batch and sequencing needs, and allows users to configure sequences directly in the controller through a human-machine interface using a standard user interface.

For system integrators, this feature eliminates the need for engineering-intensive custom code. Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) can now design a common process-control solution using local sequencing that can easily integrate into a larger, plantwide solution. The Logix Batch and Sequence Manager is ideal for stand-alone units such as mixers, blenders, and reactors that require flexibility in process sequences (i.e., procedures) and formulas (i.e., set points) for the recipe. It is also well suited for common continuous sequencing applications such as process startup/shutdown, grade changes, and cleaning skid control.

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