Controls & Machine Components

Red Lion: Dual Ethernet expansion card

Red Lion’s XCENET Ethernet expansion card for the Data Station Plus and Modular Controller series products allows operators to easily isolate machine level network traffic from the enterprise level network.

January 3, 2011

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Controls & Machine Components

Prosoft Technology, Inc: Prosoft Technology, Inc: Application transforms iPhone, iPad, and iPod into HMIs

ProSoft i-View from ProSoft Technology is a mobile phone application for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod that transforms these devices into mobile HMIs to enable real-time remote process control for engineers, plant floor operators and maintenance technicians.

January 3, 2011

Controls & Machine Components

Yaskawa America, Inc: 1/1.5 axis motion controller

The MP2600iec motion controller from The Drives & Motion Division of Yaskawa America provides full IEC61131-3 functionality of 1 or 1.5 axis along with machine control.

January 3, 2011

Controls & Machine Components

Schneider Electric: Soft start/soft stop motor controller

Schneider Electric's Enclosed Altistart™ 22 soft start/soft stop motor controller includes an integrated circuit breaker disconnect and soft starter in a stand-alone enclosure and helps to reduce voltage starting and soft stopping of standard 3-phase asynchronous induction (squirrel cage) motors.

January 3, 2011

Controls & Machine Components

Oriental Motor USA: Stepping motors with encoder options

Oriental Motor’s 0.36 º and 0.72 º stepping motors now come with encoder options, in addition to the stepping motor only or as a stepping motor and driver package.

January 3, 2011

Controls & Machine Components

Pepperl + Fuchs: High-resolution Ethernet IP encoders

EVM58 Ethernet IP encoders from Pepperl+Fuchs come with up to 25 bit resolution and provide highly-accurate machine position or velocity feedback via industry-standard Ethernet/IP interface.

January 3, 2011

Controls & Machine Components

Aerotech, Inc: Linear motor stages

Aerotech’s PRO LM series of high performance, cost-effective and versatile linear motor stages are offered in 4 different series with 38 different models in travels from 100 mm to 1.5 m.

January 3, 2011

Controls & Machine Components

Fearless predictions for 2011 - by Industry Leaders

It is almost the new year (as I write this), and that means it’s time for all kinds of articles that prognosticate about the future. So, let’s add another one to the pile and talk with some industry leaders about their predictions regarding 2011.

January 3, 2011

Controls & Machine Components

Beckhoff Automation: WLAN adapter

Beckhoff’s FCC-certified CU8890 WLAN adapter provides cost-effective wireless integration of Industrial PCs into an Ethernet network.

January 3, 2011

Controls & Machine Components

Johnson Electric: Linear stepper motors

Saia® ULE Series linear stepper motors from Johnson Electric are available in unipolar or bipolar configurations.

January 3, 2011

Controls & Machine Components

Wago Corporation: Blocks, interconnect devices earn 100 kA SCCR

Select WAGO through-panel and chassis-mount terminal blocks, as well as interconnect devices have earned a 100 kA SCCR rating with appropriate fuses.

January 2, 2011

Controls & Machine Components

B&R Industrial Automation: Gear motors

Precision planetary gears from B&R have been added to the company’s line of synchronous and stepper motors to provide a high-performance, economical drive program.

January 2, 2011

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Packaging trends to watch in 2011

Last year we asked automation consultant John Kowal to present 6 trends to anticipate in the coming year. Here's what Kowal, who is now packaging market development manager at B&R Industrial Automation, for another round of trends.

January 2, 2011