Controls & Machine Components

Machine builder provides remote service via VPN

Implementing secure VPN tunneling enables groninger to provide robust remote technical support to its pharmaceutical and cosmetics customers.

January 6, 2012

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AutomationDirect: Industrial managed Ethernet switches

AutomationDirect’s line of Stride Ethernet products now includes industrial-grade managed Ethernet switches, designed with redundant power inputs with surge and spike protection and auto-crossover.

January 6, 2012

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Automation devices play a guitar

Clippard shows how its technology delivers new advantages in automation, actuation, and control.

January 5, 2012

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Yaskawa America, Inc: Drives for HVAC and building automation applications

Yaskawa’s Z1000 family of HVAC drives, is designed for building automation applications such as fans, pumps, and cooling towers through 500 HP.

January 3, 2012

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Wago Corporation: Dedicated signal conditioners

Six new Dedicated Signal Conditioners added to Wago's JUMPFLEX® 857 Series Signal Conditioner and Relay family support focused applications requiring conversion, isolation and/or amplification of just 1 signal type.

December 13, 2011

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Banner Engineering Corp.: Low-profile safety light curtains

EZ-SCREEN® Low-Profile Safety Light Curtain with Integral Muting from Banner Engineering is designed for use on smaller production machines, yet are robust enough for large power presses.

December 13, 2011

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Beckhoff Automation: New PC-based control software uses C/C++ languages

Said to be the company’s most significant software release since 1996, Beckhoff Automation’s TwinCAT 3 with eXtended Automation Technology (XAT) is a dynamic PC-based control software that comes with object-oriented IEC 61131-3 extensions.

December 12, 2011

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Wago Corporation: Power supplies maximize operational efficiency

The EPSITRON 787 Series PRO Power Supplies from WAGO are available in 9 single-phase units.

December 2, 2011

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B&R Industrial Automation: Frequency inverters in book form

ACOPOSinverter P74 from B&R is a new family of frequency inverters in book form for power ranges between 0.18 kW and 15 kW.

December 2, 2011

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Eaton Corporation: Mobile application for electrical products selection

Eaton’s PowerEdge is a new mobile application that provides access to the latest in the company’s electrical power management solutions.

November 30, 2011

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Parker Hannifin Corporation: Linear positioner for space-restricted applications

The MX45S linear positioner from Parker’s Electromechanical Automation Division is a 45 mm wide miniature screw-driven positioner designed with anti-cage creep cross-roller bearings.

November 23, 2011

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Phoenix Contact Inc: Modular safety controller expands safe I/O

Phoenix Contact’s PSR-TRISAFE/M modular safety controller connects up to 10 safe digital I/O modules using a T-bus system.

November 23, 2011

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Bosch Rexroth Corp.: System helps engineers program robotics applications

For a much more efficient division of nwork, Rexroth's fully-open system solution, IndraMotion for Packaging, is available in the new software version 12, and comes with a series of additional functions allowing users to comfortably program robotics applications with the PLC in accordance with IEC 61131-3.

November 23, 2011