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As Cyberattacks on Critical Infrastructure Spike, Siemens USA Launches Innovative Cybersecurity Analytics Lab to Help Protect America’s Operational Technology
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As Cyberattacks on Critical Infrastructure Spike, Siemens USA Launches Innovative Cybersecurity Analytics Lab to Help Protect America’s Operational Technology

Siemens USA announced the launch of its technologically advanced cyber test range housed at its U.S. R&D headquarters in Princeton, New Jersey. The COVID-19 pandemic and the related increase in cyberattacks has highlighted the need for facilities such as this to focus on prevention, detection, and response solutions. Recently, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the National Security Agency (NSA) put out an alert recommending immediate actions to mitigate attacks on operational technology (OT).

 

 

 

Get More Than You Pay For From AutomationDirect
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Get More Than You Pay For From AutomationDirect

Enclosures are widely used to house electrical or electronic equipment along with switches, knobs and displays while providing a safe installation that prevents electrical shock to equipment users and protects the contents from the environment. Today’s enclosures are designed with features and materials that allow safe and protective use in hazardous areas, but also designed to be pleasing to the eye.

 

 

 

Carlo Gavazzi: DC Switching Solid State Relays
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Carlo Gavazzi: DC Switching Solid State Relays

CARLO GAVAZZI has recently launched the RM1D Series, a comprehensive family of DC switching solid state relays. The RM1D Series is designed for applications that demand critical response times, rapid cycling, and high reliability. They are ideal for use in transportation, off-grid and renewable energy systems that run off batteries, as well as DC heaters, solenoids, valves, fans, and other equipment that requires DC switching.

 

 

 

Liquid Cooling vs. Immersion Cooling Deployment
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Liquid Cooling vs. Immersion Cooling Deployment

Immersion cooling, first commercialized in the early 2000s, has generated a lot of attention and a host of eager advocates over the years. Compared to the more traditional liquid cooling solutions bringing cooling to IT appliances or directly onto the chips, immersion cooling essentially gives it a bath, submerging the equipment – lock, stock and barrel – into a pool of dielectric fluid.

 

 

 

Time Savings and Flexibility When Designing Control Cabinets
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Time Savings and Flexibility When Designing Control Cabinets

LÜTZE has expanded its proven AirSTREAM wiring system to include a modular mounting rail system that allows a previously unattainable level of flexibility and simplified frame assembly. The new AirSTREAM mounting rail system is suitable for users that want to design a mounting frame independently, quickly and easily on site. To this end, the LÜTZE engineers have expanded the modular system to include defined lengths and standardized dimensions in a 10, 25 and 50-mm hole pattern.

 

 

 

Control Cabinet Accessories Acc. to NEMA Protection for North America
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Control Cabinet Accessories Acc. to NEMA Protection for North America

LÜTZE supplies certified control cabinet products that comply with the UL 50E standard for use in the North American market. These also include the LÜTZE USB and RJ45 panel connectors, as well as the CABLEFIX opening systems for cables. International companies that supply electrical operating equipment require international approvals. The UL and cUL norms for the US American and Canadian markets are known. Less well-known are the ‘IP-Norms’, i.e. the North American protection classes for casings that are summarized in the UL rating types for indoor and outdoor use.

 

 

 

Stewart Connector Expands the M12 Harsh Environment Offering to Include M12 X-Code to RJ45 Cable Assemblies
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Stewart Connector Expands the M12 Harsh Environment Offering to Include M12 X-Code to RJ45 Cable Assemblies

Stewart Connector, a Bel group company and manufacturer of high-speed connectors used in data communication applications, recently added M12 X-Code to RJ45 cable assemblies to their offering of M12 harsh environment solutions. M12 X- Code cable assemblies are the ideal solution for Ethernet connectivity up to 10 Gbps in factory and industrial applications.

 

 

 

Pepperl+Fuchs Becomes a Founding Member of the Industrial Digital Twin Association (IDTA)
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Pepperl+Fuchs Becomes a Founding Member of the Industrial Digital Twin Association (IDTA)

Pepperl+Fuchs now supports the Industrial Digital Twin Association (IDTA) in its role as one of the founding members. This new association was established by the German trade associations ZVEI, VDMA, and Bitkom, along with 20 companies from the machine building and electronics industries. The aim is to increase use of Industry 4.0 through joint development of a “digital twin.” The digital twin functions as the interface for physical industrial products in the digital world within Industry 4.0 applications.

 

 

 

R2300 3-D Multi-Layer Scanner—Four Layers of Precision
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R2300 3-D Multi-Layer Scanner—Four Layers of Precision

Autonomous mobile robots (AMR) and automated guided vehicles (AGV) are taking over modern, smart intralogistics. Pepperl+Fuchs presents the R2300 multi-layer scanner, a 3-D LiDAR sensor for travel path and rear-area monitoring. Due to its compact size, ease of integration into measurement technology, and high availability, it is perfectly tailored to the requirements of such vehicles.

 

 

 

Industrial Sensors with Ex d Protection—Pepperl+Fuchs Combines Expertise in New Product Line
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Industrial Sensors with Ex d Protection—Pepperl+Fuchs Combines Expertise in New Product Line

The use of electrical equipment in hazardous areas requires strict conformity to the relevant standards and directives. This also applies when integrating industrial sensors into such environments and often creates challenges for users. As a pioneer and innovator in factory and process automation, Pepperl+Fuchs now offers a range of turnkey, ATEX/IECEx-certified solutions to help solve this problem.

 

 

 

ABB Enhances Portfolio of High-Speed Industrial Robots With Codian Acquisition
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ABB Enhances Portfolio of High-Speed Industrial Robots With Codian Acquisition

ABB has acquired Codian Robotics B.V., a provider of delta robots which are used primarily for high-precision pick and place applications. Codian Robotics’ offering includes a hygienic design line, ideal for hygiene-sensitive industries including food and beverage and pharmaceuticals. With the transaction, ABB is accelerating its engagement in the growing field of delta robots.

 

 

 

Mechanical Safety Gate System PSENmech With Guard Locking
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Mechanical Safety Gate System PSENmech With Guard Locking

As the big brother of the safety switch PSENmech, the safe mechanical safety gate system PSENmech with guard locking offers an economical solution for safe monitoring of movable guards. The safety gate is securely locked until the hazardous machine movement has stopped. Any unintended restart of the hazardous movement is prevented.

 

 

 

Webinar: Efficient Series Machine Manufacturing – Plug-and-Play in the Control Cabinet
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Webinar: Efficient Series Machine Manufacturing – Plug-and-Play in the Control Cabinet

The EJxxxx EtherCAT plug-in modules are electronically based on the well-known EtherCAT I/O system and their design allows them to be directly attached to a circuit board. The circuit board is an application-specific signal distribution board that distributes signals and power supply to individual application-specific plug connectors in order to connect the controller to further machine modules.

 

 

 

Rockwell Automation Acquires Cybersecurity Company
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Rockwell Automation Acquires Cybersecurity Company

Rockwell Automation, Inc. recently announced that it has acquired Oylo, a privately-held industrial cybersecurity services provider based in Barcelona, Spain. Oylo is dedicated to providing a broad range of industrial control system (ICS) cybersecurity services and solutions including assessments, turnkey implementations, managed services and incident response.

 

 

 

Field and Panel Mount Loop-Powered 4 to 20mA Process Displays from AutomationDirect
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Field and Panel Mount Loop-Powered 4 to 20mA Process Displays from AutomationDirect

The ProSense LPM1 series of loop panel meters offers a simple, low cost digital display of an analog 4-20mA signal. Models are available for mounting in a standard 1/8 DIN size panel cut-out with minimal installation depth as well as models provided in an aluminum enclosure for field mounting as a remote display for process instrumentation transmitters. The meter is powered from the mA loop and requires no external power supply.