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Panduit Announces the Passing of Brett Lane, Chief Technology Officer
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Panduit Announces the Passing of Brett Lane, Chief Technology Officer

It is with profound sadness that Panduit Corp. announces the unexpected passing of our Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Brett Lane on April 25th. In his role as CTO, Dr. Lane was responsible for driving sustainable business growth by delivering a continuous flow of innovative solutions through research, advanced development, and corporate entrepreneurship. “Brett’s passion for innovation was truly contagious, touching everyone who had the privilege of working with him,” explained Shannon McDaniel, Panduit president and CEO.

Building Performance Standards Are Changing the Energy Reporting Landscape
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Building Performance Standards Are Changing the Energy Reporting Landscape

By Marina Shatalova, Energy Efficiency and Building Commissioning Engineer, Siemens – Decarbonization, Zero Waste, and Net Zero carbon emissions: they’re increasingly common goals for organizations, building owners, and facility managers. The first step toward achieving these goals, of course, is to measure building emissions to create a baseline. This measurement allows building owners and operators to assess the effectiveness of their sustainability and energy efficiency initiatives and demonstrate progress toward climate commitments. Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS) are outcome-based policies and laws aimed at reducing the carbon impact of the built environment.

Amphenol RF: Locking Connector SMA Cable Assemblies – Lock In a Secure Connection in Vibration-Prone Environments
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Amphenol RF: Locking Connector SMA Cable Assemblies – Lock In a Secure Connection in Vibration-Prone Environments

Amphenol RF is excited to announce the expansion of its locking cable assembly portfolio with configurations utilizing high-frequency SMA connectors. The secure locking feature of the locking connector on these cable assemblies increases the necessary force required to de-mate the connector, making them ideal for strenuous applications that undergo continuous movement or vibrations. The 1.13 mm cabling used on these assemblies is easily routable, and comes in pre-configured lengths of 50 mm to 400 mm.

Rethinking the DIY Approach to Automated Test Equipment Design
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Rethinking the DIY Approach to Automated Test Equipment Design

In an industrial setting, developing Automated Test Equipment (ATE) in-house is often approached as a DIY (Do-It-Yourself) project involving the ambitious task of constructing a critical support system using internal engineering resources. Automated Test Equipment (ATE) systems serve the critical purpose of ensuring that electronic devices operate according to specifications in the field. The aerospace and defense sectors make substantial investments in ATE due to the criticality of lifesaving electronics utilized in military equipment such as aircraft, naval vessels, and ground vehicles, as well as in various systems like weapons, radar, and wireless communication.

HANNOVER MESSE 2025: Shaping the Future With Technology
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HANNOVER MESSE 2025: Shaping the Future With Technology

HANNOVER MESSE 2025 – March 31, 2025 to April 4, 2025 – At the world’s biggest industrial trade fair, companies from the mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and digital industries as well as the energy sector will come together to present solutions for a high-performance, but also sustainable industry. More than 4,000 companies will be acting as an interconnected industrial ecosystem and demonstrating how climate neutrality can be achieved through electrification, digitization and automation.

RS Becomes Key U.S. Stocking Distributor for Siemens Process Instrumentation Products
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RS Becomes Key U.S. Stocking Distributor for Siemens Process Instrumentation Products

RS recently became a key U.S. stocking distributor for Siemens Process Instrumentation products, which were previously only available as configure-to-order solutions that had to be sourced directly from Siemens. The Siemens Process Instrumentation product line offers a wide range of temperature, pressure, and level measurement solutions that are engineered for seamless integration with most industrial automation and control systems and designed to deliver reliable, high-precision performance in a variety of challenging industrial environments.

Siemens Offers Optimized Control Panel Construction to Machine Tool Builders
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Siemens Offers Optimized Control Panel Construction to Machine Tool Builders

Panel building on machine tools is no longer as simple as wiring a few components and calling it a day. Now, there are more deadlines, cost pressures, standards, new directives, plus an increasing pressure to innovate. Besides commonly encountered problems related to time, cost, compliance and quality, there is also an increased degree of automation in the pre-fabrication of cables and the automated production of sheet metal parts.

Rolec HMI enclosures
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Effortless Customization: How Modern HMI Enclosures Meet Rising Expectations

February 28, 2025 By Robert Cox, Vice President of Marketing, ROLEC Enclosures, Inc. When Customization Comes As ‘Standard’ Today’s new standard HMI enclosures are now more customizable than ever because the modifications start on day one – not at the end of the process. Customization is effectively built in as standard, so specifying bespoke panel…

Wieland Machine Safety Webinar: Navigating the New ANSI Standard B11.TR11 for CE-Marking Compliance of Machinery
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Wieland Machine Safety Webinar: Navigating the New ANSI Standard B11.TR11 for CE-Marking Compliance of Machinery

This machine safety webinar reviews ANSI B11.0 Technical Report 11 (TR11) which presents a strategy and approach on how to CE mark machinery using ANSI consensus standards. This allows machine manufacturers to meet the European Union’s Essential Health and Safety Requirements (EHSRs) in the Machinery Directive (MD). The Machinery Directive is a European Union (EU) law that sets safety standards for machinery.

The Future of Data Centers is AI
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The Future of Data Centers is AI

What is the future of data centers? It’s an interesting question in large part because, on the surface, it doesn’t seem like there’s much room for change with how data centers are built. At the end of the day, data centers house IT racks that generate heat which must be dissipated in order to create efficient computing. The future of data centers is not necessarily about changing the core components of IT infrastructure — it’s more about thinking of these components in a more flexible way that allows for greater adaptability and scalability, especially given the rapid increase in AI data centers.

Get Ready for Regulations Around Data Center Energy Efficiency
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Get Ready for Regulations Around Data Center Energy Efficiency

The number of data centers across the globe is increasing. While this is good news for data center engineers, it does pose a significant operational challenge when it comes to the amount of energy required to power these IT facilities. This, in turn, will require new regulations to be put in place. The International Energy Agency (IEA) reports that data centers account for about 1% of global energy demand. But by 2030 it’s estimated that the demand for data center energy will increase by more than 160%. In the U.S. alone, data center workloads are expected to increase by 10% annually through 2030, and this means more energy necessary to power this kind of advanced computing.

Speedier, More Productive Wiring Can Speed Up the Panel Shop
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Speedier, More Productive Wiring Can Speed Up the Panel Shop

In today’s manufacturing landscape, the speed and reliability of daily operations translate directly into enhanced productivity. Miles of wires underpin nearly every industrial operation, and those wires come together in control panels filled with tray after tray of connection terminals. Due to the high number of conductor termination points, there can be a higher susceptibility of signal loss or intermittence as a result of bad terminations. Any of these interruptions can reduce the ability to meet production goals, as downtime will be necessary until faults are corrected.

3 Examples of How Digitalization Delivered Major ROI
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3 Examples of How Digitalization Delivered Major ROI

Companies are more concerned with leveraging digital technology to help increase performance and resilience to market fluctuations than ever before. Companies that digitalize their processes can more easily overcome labor shortages while simplifying the manufacturing of custom industrial automation infrastructure. Digitalizing the industrial enclosure design and modification process can help companies accelerate their speed-to-market and respond to sudden changes in production or design specs without incurring costly downtime.

NOARK Launches a 2030 Sustainable Development Strategy to Foster a Diversified Future
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NOARK Launches a 2030 Sustainable Development Strategy to Foster a Diversified Future

This month, NOARK Electric joins their parent company, the CHINT Group, a global smart energy solutions provider, in unveiling their global 2030 sustainable development strategy, marking a milestone in their commitment to building a diversified future. The strategy was launched in collaboration with thousands of supply chain partners and Chief Sustainability officers (CSOs) of the Group’s key subsidiaries.

The Influence of AI on IT Enclosure Design and Configuration
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The Influence of AI on IT Enclosure Design and Configuration

Data center growth is on the rise. In the U.S. alone, data center demand is expected to increase by 10% annually through 2030, and the global data center market is projected to be just as bullish during the next decade. The increase in the number of data centers to process the amount of data generated by artificial intelligence (AI) means the IT landscape is likely to look very different in the short and mid-term future, particularly in the design and configuration of the ideal IT enclosure to handle AI workloads.

ROLEC: technoBOX (IP 66) Plastic Enclosures – Now With More Accessories
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ROLEC: technoBOX (IP 66) Plastic Enclosures – Now With More Accessories

ROLEC’s technoBOX plastic enclosures can now be specified with accessories including front plates, hinges, case feet, mounting plates, supporting rails, cable glands, and external mounting brackets (that can be rotated by 90°). Smart, robust technoBOX (IP 66) is ROLEC’s most cost-effective plastic enclosure. It is ideal for a wide range of industrial electronics applications, offering dependable protection at an attractive price point. The housings can be mounted on walls, bulkheads, machines and desks.