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<SEC-HEADER>0001287504-04-000107.hdr.sgml : 20041104
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20041104105214
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001287504-04-000107
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20041102
FILED AS OF DATE:		20041104
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20041104

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DAVIS DON H JR
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001177270

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-12383
		FILM NUMBER:		041118383

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O ROCKWELL AUTOMATION
		STREET 2:		777 EAST WISCONSIN AVENUE STE 1400
		CITY:			MILWAUKEE
		STATE:			WI
		ZIP:			53202
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4142125377

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ROCKWELL  AUTOMATION INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001024478
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MEASURING & CONTROLLING DEVICES, NEC [3829]
		IRS NUMBER:				251797617
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		777 EAST WISCONSIN AVENUE SUITE 1400
		CITY:			MILWAUKEE
		STATE:			WI
		ZIP:			53202
		BUSINESS PHONE:		414-212-5299

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		777 EAST WISCONSIN AVENUE SUITE 1400
		CITY:			MILWAUKEE
		STATE:			WI
		ZIP:			53202

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19970106

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	NEW ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19961009
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        <footnote id="F1">39,458 shares are held by Company to implement restrictions on transfer unless and until certain conditions are met.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Sales were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan established for estate planning and diversification purposes.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of the reported securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Shares represented by Company stock fund units under the Company's Savings Plan which were acquired on a periodic basis pursuant to the Plan, based on information furnished by the Plan Administrator as of 9/30/2004.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">118,799 shares are currently exercisable and 116,668 shares become exercisable on 10/07/05.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">The option vests in three substantially equal annual installments beginning on the date exercisable.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">Share equivalents represented by Company stock fund units credited under the Company's nonqualified savings plan based on information furnished by the Plan Administrator as of 9/30/2004.  The number of share equivalents represented by the balance of a participant's Company stock fund account may not exactly equal the number of share equivalents represented by a prior balance plus additions due to variances in the proportion of uninvested cash held in the reference fund used to determine unit values of the Company stock fund under the plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F8">The share equivalents are payable in cash upon retirement or after termination of employment.</footnote>
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    <remarks></remarks>

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        <signatureName>K. A. Balistreri, Attorney-in-Fact for Don H. Davis, Jr.</signatureName>
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