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Balluff: CIP Safety Block Offers IP67 Protection to Connect Safety PLC and Safety Nodes
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Balluff: CIP Safety Block Offers IP67 Protection to Connect Safety PLC and Safety Nodes

Balluff’s new CIP Safety I/O module safely connects sensors and actuators to industrial controllers, even in harsh environments. Its IP67 protection rating means it can be mounted directly on the machine, like Balluff’s IO-Link and standard I/O modules, to easily connect safety devices without spending the time and effort on traditional wiring terminations.

Schneider Electric: Modicon M241 Micro PLC
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Schneider Electric: Modicon M241 Micro PLC

The Modicon M241 is a Micro PLC designed to handle more advanced machine automation with a mixture of hardwired I/O and automation bus/communications with devices such as drives, motion, remote I/O and HMIs. The M241 has generous offer of Serial, Ethernet and CANopen communication ports in addition to USB and SD provisions. It’s available with either 24 or 40 I/O points and is expandable with TM3 I/O modules to handle up to a few hundred I/O points.

BR Series M8 & M12 Receptacles
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Banner: BR Series M8 & M12 Receptacles – Simplify Control Panel Connections

Panel builders have new tools for bringing power and signals back into protected areas with Banner’s M8 and M12 receptacles. These receptacles let users easily connect devices to a panel while maintaining a waterproof IP67 rating. Maintenance is also simplified: if a cable is damaged between a field device and the control panel, simply swap the damaged cable for a new one—no rewiring is needed in the panel. The slim profile leaves no bulky threads sticking out, allowing an easier fit into tight panels.

Pepperl+Fuchs: M-LB-4000 – Powerful Modular Surge Protection with Fault Detection
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Pepperl+Fuchs: M-LB-4000 – Powerful Modular Surge Protection with Fault Detection

Pepperl+Fuchs adds the powerful M-LB-4000 to its portfolio of surge protection systems. The two-part system is based on a modular design consisting of a base module and a protection module. The latter contains the entire protection function. Thanks to this modularity of the M-LB-4000, installation and maintenance are simple and convenient. The base modules are mounted onto a standard 35 mm DIN-rail, while the protection modules can be plugged effortlessly into the base modules.

Emerson: TopWorx DVR Switchbox – Compact Valve Position Indicator Engineered for Quick and Easy Commissioning
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Emerson: TopWorx DVR Switchbox – Compact Valve Position Indicator Engineered for Quick and Easy Commissioning

Recently, Emerson announced its new TopWorx DVR Switchbox, an entry-level addition to the DV Series of valve position indicators. It combines a durable resin enclosure, compact size and a patented cam design that provides water and wastewater systems, food and beverage production lines and industrial utilities a reliable valve position feedback tool. The TopWorx DVR Switchbox uses a low-profile indication to provide easy-to-read local position feedback.

MENNEKES: Multi-Gang SLPX Disconnects With Clean Design
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MENNEKES: Multi-Gang SLPX Disconnects With Clean Design

MENNEKES recently expanded our sloped-top motor disconnect offering, allowing you to prioritize sanitation in your plant environment while easily meeting requirements for multiple disconnects. Available in three multi-gang enclosure sizes, the new stainless steel SLPX Series features a unique clean design for critical washdown and processing areas. Like other MENNEKES sloped-top disconnects, these units are UL Listed, rated NEMA 4X and include a 15-degree sloped roof to facilitate liquid runoff. They are also ideally suited for multiple disconnect requirements, saving you cost and time with one box installation versus having many individual units.

AutomationDirect: RHINO PSR Power Supplies
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AutomationDirect: RHINO PSR Power Supplies

AutomationDirect has added new RHINO BASIC PSR series power supplies that feature high power density, high efficiency, and overcurrent protection in constant current mode, making them ideal for charging applications. PSR series power supplies offer an ultra-slim design in a rugged aluminum housing, adjustable output voltage. The new RHINO PSR series power supplies are UL Listed, CSA approved, CE marked, and RoHS compliant.

Stego: LED 121/122 Varioline Lamp with Socket
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Stego: LED 121/122 Varioline Lamp with Socket

The LED 121/122 Varioline is a powerful and compact LED light with integrated receptacle for use in enclosures. Featuring socket standards of many European countries as well as the US and Australia, it allows for the power connection of laptops and diagnostic devices. Its LED tube emits more than 1,000/1,700 Lm thereby illuminating even very large enclosures in their full depth and height. The glare-free, 120° rotatable light tube uses Mid-power LEDs with a service life of 60,000 hours.

COMBIMET
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METCASE: Widest Ever Choice Of COMBIMET 19″ Rack Cases

COMBIMET is now METCASE’s largest and most popular range of 19″ rack cases with original, open-top, smooth/solid-top and super-deep versions. COMBIMET is METCASE’s most advanced and most cost-effective 19″ enclosure. Applications include networking, communications, sound/studio systems, laboratory instruments and industrial computers/control technology. These smart aluminum enclosures have a flat, bezel-less front for faster manufacturing in custom sizes. Distinctive front panel handles make it quick and easy to pull the cases from racks for inspection and maintenance.

Pepperl+Fuchs: New Push Button Box with IO-Link
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Pepperl+Fuchs: New Push Button Box with IO-Link

Simply connected, individually configured, reliably controlled—the new push button box can be connected easily and error-free to IO-Link networks via an M12 connector. No complex wiring is required. In addition to data storage during configuration, IO-Link enables the transmission of diagnostic data for condition monitoring and predictive maintenance. The communication standard therefore ensures increased plant availability.

RS: Red Lion PM-50 Panel Meters
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RS: Red Lion PM-50 Panel Meters

RS now offers Red Lion’s advanced PM-50 graphical panel meters, which transform standard industrial facilities into smart ones the moment they’re plugged in, allowing users to capitalize on Industry 4.0. While panel meters have always been a crucial component of a facility’s data infrastructure, they primarily served as visualization tools that lacked smart capabilities. Red Lion’s PM‑50 panel meters offer comparatively revolutionary capabilities, adding more value and utility than ever by enabling more efficient processes and improving uptime while lowering operational costs.

Emerson’s New Edge Solution Democratizes Operational Data for Faster Digital Transformation
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Emerson’s New Edge Solution Democratizes Operational Data for Faster Digital Transformation

Emerson has recently launched the DeltaV Edge Environment, a first-of-its-kind integrated software solution that expands the capabilities of the evolving DeltaV automation platform to provide an operational technology (OT) sandbox for data manipulation, analysis, organization and more. Teams can deploy and execute applications to run key artificial intelligence (AI) engines and analytics close to the data source with seamless, secure connectivity to contextualized OT data across the cloud and enterprise. The DeltaV Edge Environment empowers teams to more quickly deliver operational improvements tied to productivity, sustainability and other business objectives.

RS Offers Solutions Engineered to Modernize and Safeguard Energy and Utilities Applications
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RS Offers Solutions Engineered to Modernize and Safeguard Energy and Utilities Applications

RS is a trusted partner for navigating the complexities of the energy and utilities industry and offers a comprehensive suite of solutions designed to address the industry’s modernization and safety challenges. The energy and utilities industry is comprised of two main sectors: the energy sector, which includes processes related to the exploration, extraction, production, transportation, and distribution of oil and gas products made from hydrocarbon reserves, and the utilities sector, which encompasses the operation and management of utilities including power, water, natural gas, and wastewater.

Beckhoff Wins the Industrie 4.0 Innovation Award for the MX-System
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Beckhoff Wins the Industrie 4.0 Innovation Award for the MX-System

In the MX-System, Beckhoff offers a flexible, space-optimized, intelligent system solution that completely eliminates conventional control cabinets and can thus revolutionize the world of automation. This innovation has now been recognized with the Industrie 4.0 Innovation Award. In the MX-System, Beckhoff has bundled over four decades of automation expertise into a modular system that performs all of the tasks and exhibits the properties of a classic control cabinet.

Fischer: Core First Mate Last Break Connectors Ensure Electrical Safety and Mechanical Reliability for Medical Devices
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Fischer: Core First Mate Last Break Connectors Ensure Electrical Safety and Mechanical Reliability for Medical Devices

Fischer Connectors has released new First Mate Last Break connectors in its low-voltage multipole Fischer Core Series, to offer outstanding levels of electrical safety, mechanical reliability and ease of use for operators of medical devices in compliance with IEC 60601-1. As its name denotes, First Mate Last Break (FMLB) ensures the permanent ground presence of an electrical system through a longer pin in the plug that “mates first and breaks last” with the system’s receptacle to avoid risky electrical safety conditions.

Carlo Gavazzi: LD30..PBR….IO – Smart IO-Link Photoelectric Laser Sensors for Challenging Applications
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Carlo Gavazzi: LD30..PBR….IO – Smart IO-Link Photoelectric Laser Sensors for Challenging Applications

Carlo Gavazzi is excited to introduce the new series of LD30..PBR…IO Photoelectric Laser Sensors with IO-Link.  This new sensor series offers the most functionality in a single photoelectric sensor on the market.  Endless unique configurations, preventative maintenance capabilities, and application functions provide customers with unparalleled flexibility for challenging applications.